The morning light slides off Table Mountain as your van peels away from Cape Town, the city shrinking behind a wall of granite and fynbos. The Atlantic grabs at the windows, and by Hout Bay the sea has a voice — restless, briny, daring you to pay attention. You move along one of the world’s most dramatic coastal roads, Chapman's Peak, where cliffs plunge to surf and the road clings like a ribbon. Stops come and go: a harbour-side break to watch seals pile onto Duiker Island, a salt-washed walk to a rugged viewpoint, and the sharp, wind-etched promontory of Cape Point at the peninsula’s tip.