The Lookout

16/01/2023

In two weeks, we will close the doors on The Lookout after an amazing 7 years living in our beautiful home and hosting so many wonderful guests, from all over the world.
Colin and I thoroughly enjoyed running the guest house, but after the initial Covid lockdowns and the resultant lack of tourists caused us to temporarily close, we came to the realisation that we were not making the most of living in this amazing area. With the relocation of our daughter to the UK in May 2022 we decided to downsize and buy a smaller slice of heaven on this peninsula. Nothing can compare with the stunning, panoramic views of The Lookout, but we will always treasure the memories.
A sincere thank you to everyone who contributed to making our life here so special!
Here’s to the next chapter……..

10/06/2021

First we had the Bafta and Oscar winning "My Octopus Teacher" filmed right here in Simon's Town and now "Penguin Town" featuring these wonderful creatures is about to be aired on Netflix. It's clearly worth visiting this beautiful part of the world.

Netflix is releasing a docuseries about South Africa's Simon's Town local penguins, called 'Penguin Town' and here's everything we know thus far.

07/09/2020

Over the last couple of years we have hosted members of Craig Foster's "My Octopus Teacher" production team at The Lookout. Craig lives in our suburb and we were so delighted to accommodate his colleagues, while they worked on the documentary, particularly as they all truly appreciated the natural beauty of our shoreline. We have just watched the Netflix "premier" this evening of his documentary about his amazing relationship with a female octopus who lived in the kelp forest metres away from the shoreline in front of us. To say that we were blown away is an understatement. We cannot recommend this documentary to our friends and former guests enough; it is sensational and worthy of the highest accolades. Huge congratulations to Craig, Pippa, James and Ellen on this beautiful love story.

14/08/2020

Yesterday I was privileged to be included in a complimentary Whale Watching trip with Dave Hurwitz of the Simon's Town Boat Company offered to members of our Whale Sightings WhatsApp group. We went out to Cape Point spotting a Sun fish and several seals before heading back to Simon's Town where we saw a couple of Bryde's Whales which came very close to the boat and at one point one swam under the boat. Colin took these photos from our balcony as we passed The Lookout on our way to Cape Point. I'm on the top deck near the front wearing a blue jacket. Needless to say my lack of photography skills meant that none of the many photos I took during the trip were worth posting!!
Many thanks to Dave and his team and Odette for organising this wonderful excursion!

23/07/2020

We have just been privy to the most spectacular gymnastic display by a passing whale. There are a very few benefits of Lockdown but this is certainly one of them!

10/05/2020

This is my wonderful website designer giving back to all her clients. Thank you Tracy Kreuger for all your help and support over the years!

This is my turn to give back - I don’t want the saying “out of sight, out of mind” to be true, so WEBWARRIORS has put together an advertising platform for you to advertise on, for free on this page.

So even if you are not allowed to trade just yet, stay fresh in people’s minds.
This page will be promoted with paid for advertising.
A website will follow and all WEBWARRIORS clients will be featured for free.

I hope this helps you in some small way - all we ask is that you like the page, share the page or even the post you that have posted here on our page.

Tell your friends and families if they have small/medium businesses that they are welcome to post up to 2x a week on this page.

28/04/2020

Thanks again to Simon's Town Boat Company who spotted and photographed these magnificent Orcas en route from Glencairn to Buffels Bay, near Cape Point. This time we were lucky enough to see them as they passed The Lookout, close to shore!

27/04/2020

Many thanks to our very own Simon's Town Boat Company for sharing these amazing photos taken in False Bay yesterday.

On Sunday 26 April David Hurwitz from the Simon's Town Boat Company reported a sighting of an orca pod in False Bay. There were between 6-7 animals.

19/04/2020

Love how our local penguins are embracing the lock down, while maintaining social distancing!

28/03/2020

To all our lovely former guests and in so many cases, friends, we wish you well during these trying times. We said farewell to our final guest last week on Friday and immediately put Regina and Charles on very part-time work on full pay, for their safety and that of ours. The news came in on Monday that a 21 day lock down would begin on Thursday at midnight. We said a tearful goodbye to Regina and Charles and hope and pray that we will all be together again, safe and healthy on 17th April. It is our daughter, Francesca's 23rd birthday today, which we celebrated together in a very low-key manner, with some bubbles and her favourite carrot cake. The ultimate birthday present for her however, was when this pod of dolphins swam past about half an hour ago, to wish her a happy birthday. Please stay safe and healthy, and emerge from this crisis inspired and with renewed vigour to look after our beautiful planet and all who inhabit it. Stay strong.