Bantry Bay is one of the most exclusive suburbs in Cape Town. Large private houses, guesthouses and boutique hotels hug the steep mountain side, giving occupants an almost uninterrupted view of the Atlantic Ocean and Robben Island.
- Take a walk along the Promenade linking Bantry Bay to Camps Bay via Clifton Beach
- Sip a sundowner and watch the sun set over Robben Island and the Atlantic Ocean
- Stay at any number of hotels and guesthouses, each of which have great seaviews
- Dine at Salt Restaurant, one of Cape Town's newest and most talked about restaurants.
- Join the locals and head for quiet Saunders Beach
In the summer months from about October to April we experience in Cape Town a howling South Easter Wind. This wind whistles along the length of the Cape Peninsula and hits almost every suburb in Cape Town with the exception of Bantry Bay. Stay at anyone of the hotels in Bantry Bay and enjoy the spectacular sea views, with the added advantage of being within close walking distance of several beaches including Clifton, Camps Bay and Seapoint.
Bantry Bay was originally called Botany Bay as a Botanical Garden was planted here for the cultivation of plants for medicinal purposes. Bantry Bay in Cape Town is one of the most exclusive suburbs in Cape Town.
One of the earliest residents was Sir John Ellerman who was an English shipowner and investor. He was one of the most successful entrepreneurs in British History, and the only Briton of his generation who rivaled in wealth the leading plutocrats of America’s gilded age. At his death in 1933, his estate was assessed for probate at almost three times the previous British probate record, yet he is now largely forgotten; a reflection in part of the obscurity he cultivated in his lifetime.
There is however nothing obscure about his resident, which today has been turned into the award wining
Ellerman House. The Ellerman and Bucknall Luxury Cruise Liner ran small cruise ships throughout the Southern Hemisphere, offering only 1st class and steerage.
