The Apartment
Whalehaven, a 76 sqm apartment, with a spacious sitting room, large kitchen, 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom and a seperate toilet. It's situated in the heart of the village, close and convenient for every jaunt. It's been renovated with style and an eye for detail. It's It's a warm, welcoming space, with seriously impressive views of the sea from the front of the apartment, and mountains from the back. It has oak floors in the living room and marble tiles in the bathroom. The spacious kitchen is designed for proper cooking, with a gas hob, granite work-tops and every appliance you require. The sitting and dining-room furniture is comfortable country-chic with a French corner cupboard housing the TV. There is a desk and chair at which to sit comfortably and continuous wi-fi allows you to work and stay in touch. Beds are made up with 2 down pillows per person, down duvets and crisp white linen The back verandah looks up to the mountain and is equipped with French garden furniture and a gas barbecue for relaxed outdoor wining and dining.
A recently installed continuous power supply inverter and battery will ensure that the lights, TV, WiFi, and fridge/deep freeze always work, despite any electricity supply outages in the area. The power points in the walls, used for lamps or electrical gadgets, will not function during electricity outages, with the exception of two powerpoints in the bedroom which can be used to charge a computer and a mobile phone.
Kalk Bay Village
Kalk Bay is a small, slightly boho village where people come to relax. Part-sleepy fishing village and part-buzzy high street, Kalk Bay’s eclectic mix of historic buildings, cobbled streets, bohemian bric-a-brac shops, vintage bookstores, art and antique galleries, quaint cafés and restaurants, colourful fishing vessels and creative locals are what makes it so charming.
A good morning would likely include a swim in the sea, followed by a scrumptious breakfast, and then a walk on the mountain where the views are breathtaking, ending with a drink in a pub where waves crash on rocks just beyond the window. Come evening, after a gentle snooze and a spot of shopping, eating really well in any one of a dozen different restaurants, all within walking distance, means you've had a healthy, stress-free day!
Kalk Bay is also a great base to return to after a day's outing to easily accessible local treats - Cape Point, Table Mountain, Constantia wine farms, zip-lining, any of 3 local golf courses, surfing or swimming with the penguins in Simonstown.
And then there are the charming, nearby villages, Franschhoek, Stellenbosch or Hermanus, each with its own claim to fame, that will lure you into the spectacular mountains and sophisticated wine farms, or further up the coast where the whales congregate in the winter.
A holiday in Whalehaven and Kalk Bay is refreshing in the deepest sense. It revives your heart, mind and spirit. But isn't that the whole point of a holiday?
Other details to note
A starter pack of the following is available to our guests: coffee, tea, sugar, milk, salt, pepper, dried herbs, tissues, roller towel, cleaning products, washing powder, and dishwasher tablets.
The apartment is on the second floor of an Edwardian building. There are two flights of steps to get to the front door.
Parking is on the street but it is free. At its worst, on a hot, sunny weekend in mid-summer, parking is available within a 5 minute walk. Generally, the walk is closer to 2 minutes!
Regarding security, Kalk Bay is a Special Rates Area which means that we have extra cops on the beat. The village also has security cameras that are monitored 24/7. Security is therefore good but inevitably, not flawless.
