Capitalizing on the success of ever expanding tourist routes along the Cape Peninsula, the Western Cape Tourism Authority has launched a new, exciting tourist trail.
Instead of meandering through mountains or following dusty paths, the Western Cape Tourism Authority has taken to the sands, offering visitors a “˜Photographic tour of Sandy Bay’. Unofficially recognized as South Africa’s only nudist beach, tourists are invited to view the coutry’s “˜natural beauty’ from secret viewing coves dotted along the beach.
‘The idea is to really capture Southern Africa’s coastal wildlife in all its full (frontal) glory,’ said a spokesperson from the tourism authority.
The viewing coves, cleverly disguised as surrounding rocks, offer uninterrupted views of the bay and all its swinging sights. The relative inaccessibility of the bay will also add to the experience – the only way to get to Sandy Bay is via a 20-minute walk from the car park or a clamber over the rocks from the southern end of Llandudno.
‘Because of the walk, tourists will really feel like they are on a safari, building in anticipation as they edge nearer to the nudist watering hole,’ said the WCTA spokesperson.
Tourists will be able to spend approximately 10 minutes at each secluded cove before scurrying, under supervision of their trained guide, to the next viewing cove. ‘There are 11 hidden coves in total,’ said one of the guides, ‘giving tourists ample opportunity to take photos from all angles.’ The tour lasts about two hours, which is also the approximate battery life for a standard DSLR camera on continuous shooting mode. ‘Our guests are usually quite pleased with the duration of the tour and all leave smiling, although we have had a few lingerers,’ said the guide.
The Western Cape Tourism Authority is hoping that this new route will quickly garner popularity and become a regular attraction amongst legendary routes such as the ever-popular Table Mountain hike or the Otter Trail.
According to the spokesperson, the WCTA is mostly targeting the pasty northern hemispherians for the tour, ‘I think the route will definitely appeal to liberal Europeans such as the French and the Germans,’ said the spokesperson, ‘I think they will find comfort in the seeing that some of our wildlife behaves very similar to theirs.’
This statement begs only one question. With Sandy Bay already mostly populated by liberal Europeans, who will be viewing who?
Image courtesy of lgkiii/L.K.
