At hours bay you will not see seals swimming around but you will definitely see a sea lion on the pier and even get to feed it. There is a gentleman on the pier with the seal entertaining tourists with his dead lion.. you may even get to feed it snd take pics with it and houts bay is beautiful with great tasting fish and chips.. definite must visit

Hi, i am so sorry to have not replied. I was travelling and didnt get a notification from trip advisor. I hope you went there to have lunch and fun looking at the seals swimming in the ocean?

It has no cost, is a place to visit and to watch the excellent views! You can take a tour to the island to watch sea lions and that will have a cost. But it is optional.

Apparently so. but doubt you will find a spot ! Extremely overcrowded

Hi. Hout's Bay is some kind of village by the sea. You will definitely then need a car to go to the waterfront and back.

There is very good and reliable bus service called the Myciti bus service.You can take the bus from Cape Town airport to the Civic Centre in town.From the Civic Centre there are many bus routes that can connect you to Hout Bay or Camps Bay or the Waterfront or Table Mountain or other suburbs like Green point, Sea Point,Milnerton,Tableview,Century City and others.Buy a card and load money and tap in and out at bus stations which have security guards and CCTV monitors.

We didn't actually stay in Houts Bay we stayed in Fresnaye and toured down the coast stopping off at various places including Cape Point. Hope you visit and that you enjoy South Africa as much as we did.