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Explore Dido Valley
Dido Valley in City of Cape Town (Western Cape) is located in South Africa about 824 mi (or 1,326 km) south-west of Pretoria, the country's capital.
Local time in Dido Valley is now 03:52 AM (Friday). The local timezone is named Africa / Johannesburg with an UTC offset of 2 hours. We know of 6 airports in the wider vicinity of Dido Valley, of which one is a larger airport. The closest airport in South Africa is Cape Town International Airport in a distance of 17 mi (or 28 km), North-East. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There is one Unesco world heritage site nearby. It's Cape Floral Region Protected Areas in a distance of 23 mi (or 37 km), North. We found 1 points of interest in the vicinity of this place. If you need a place to sleep, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Cape Town, Stellenbosch, Paarl, Malmesbury and Hermanus. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 20°C / 68 °F
Morning Temperature | 15°C / 59 °F |
Evening Temperature | 18°C / 64 °F |
Night Temperature | 16°C / 61 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 62% |
Air Pressure | 1013 hPa |
Wind Speed | Fresh Breeze with 15 km/h (9 mph) from North |
Cloud Conditions | Clear sky, covering 1% of sky |
General Conditions | Sky is clear |
Saturday, 16th of November 2024
19°C (67 °F)
16°C (61 °F)
Sky is clear, moderate breeze, clear sky.
Sunday, 17th of November 2024
21°C (69 °F)
16°C (61 °F)
Sky is clear, gentle breeze, clear sky.
Monday, 18th of November 2024
18°C (64 °F)
16°C (60 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, broken clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Colona Castle Manor House
Villa Honeywood Guest House
Rodwell House
St James Manor
Capeblue Manor House
Simon's Town Guest House
Brynbrook House
African Queen Guesthouse
Sonnekus Guest House
Port Of Call
Videos from this area
These are videos related to the place based on their proximity to this place.
Penguins at Boulders Beach Simon's Town
Penguins at Boulders Beach Simon's Town The penguins of Boulders Beach Simon's Town - African Penguins and on the red list for beinging treatened with extintion. Because their call sound...
Petzl Reverso - Top Tips
To buy buy one of these go to:http://bouldersuk.com/climbing-shop/petzl-reverso-4 This quick video has been designed to help you get the most out of your Petzl Reverso #3 and #4. THE PETZL...
Boulders Penguin Colony - Cape Town, South Africa
Boulders Beach is a popular little beach and protected penguin colony.
The Cape of Good Hope Carlaandmike's photos around Cape Peninsula National Park, South Africa
Preview of Carlaandmike's blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/carlaandmike/2/1266836353/tpod.html This blog preview was made by TravelPod...
Simonstown Boat Trips - Cape Peninsula, South Africa
The Simonstown harbour has a large variety of boating trips available, including daily trips to see the seals and penguins, speedboats amd kayaks. This video was produced by SmartGuide for...
Spud Rokk goes to Spearwood WA
Join Spud Rokk as his adventures take him to Spearwood WA to a wall he was sent to by a random person he met. The directions wher drawn in bird shit and Spud Rokk was off and running.
Diver's Digest - Cleaning the SAS Assegaai
3 August 2014 - After serving the SA Navy for over 30 years, the Daphne-class SAS Assegaai was taken out of service in 2003 and converted to a meuseum, lying next to the harbour wall in Simontown.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Fynbos
Fynbos is the natural shrubland or heathland vegetation occurring in a small belt of the Western Cape of South Africa, mainly in winter rainfall coastal and mountainous areas with a Mediterranean climate. The Fynbos ecoregion is within the Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub biome. In fields related to biogeography, fynbos is known for its exceptional degree of biodiversity.
Cape Peninsula
The Cape Peninsula is a generally rocky peninsula that juts out into the Atlantic Ocean at the south-western extremity of the African continent. At the southern end of the peninsula are Cape Point and the Cape of Good Hope. On the northern end is Table Mountain, overlooking Cape Town, South Africa. The peninsula is 52 km long from Mouille point in the north to Cape Point in the south.
Bible Institute of South Africa
The Bible Institute of South Africa is an evangelical Bible college located in Kalk Bay, a suburb of Cape Town on the False Bay coast of the Cape Peninsula, South Africa. The school is non-denominational and has students from all over Africa, as well as from Europe, Asia and North America. It is accredited by North-West University and has a missions focus with many of the faculty having previous on-field missionary experience. The Acting Principal is Dr.
Boulders Beach
Boulders Beach is a sheltered beach made up of inlets between granite boulders, from which the name originated. It is located in the Cape Peninsula, near Simon's Town towards Cape Point, near Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is also commonly known as Boulders Bay. It is a popular tourist stop because of a colony of African Penguins which settled there in 1982. Boulders Beach forms part of the Table Mountain National Park.
Cape Floristic Region
The Cape Floristic Region is a floristic region located near the southern tip of South Africa. It is the only floristic region of the Cape (South African) Floristic Kingdom, and includes only one floristic province, known as the Cape Floristic Province. The Cape Floristic Region, the smallest of the six recognised floral kingdoms of the world, is an area of extraordinarily high diversity and endemism, and is home to more than 9 000 vascular plant species, of which 69 percent are endemic.
Sepia dubia
Sepia dubia is a species of cuttlefish native to the southeastern Atlantic Ocean. It is known only from the type locality, where it was caught at a depth of 25 m. S. dubia is known to grow to a mantle length of 17 mm. The type specimen was collected in False Bay, South Africa . It is deposited at The Natural History Museum in London.
Simon's Town railway station
Simon's Town railway station is a Metrorail railway station in the town of Simon's Town on the Cape Peninsula; it is the southern terminus of the Southern Line. The station is located between Station Road and the beach. The railway line from Fish Hoek into Simon's Town is single-track, but the station itself has three tracks; one track is served by a side platform next to the station building on Station Road, while the other two are served by an island platform connected by a pedestrian subway.
Fish Hoek Valley
The Fish Hoek Valley is situated in the Cape Peninsula, eighteen miles south of Cape Town, South Africa. It takes its name from the town of Fish Hoek on the False Bay coast. The valley is bound by mountains (including Chapman's Peak, Spitskop, Silvermine Mountain, and Ridge Peak) on the north; Fish Hoek Bay and False Bay on the east; mountains (including Elsie's Peak, Rooikrans, and Slangkop) on the south; and Chapman's Bay and the Atlantic Ocean on the west.