Dido Valley
in City of Cape Town of Western Cape, South Africa

How to get there and get around
Noteable things around
Location Summary
Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
-34.167 and 18.418 (Lat./Lng.)
Coordinates by Time:
S -34° 10' 0" and E 18° 25' 3"
Currency and Currency Code:
Rand - ZAR
Spoken languages:
Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, English, Tswana, Southern Sotho, Tsonga, Swati, Venda, South Ndebele
Local electricity:
230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
Local Time: 12:42 PM (Thursday)
Timezone: Africa/Johannesburg
UTC/GMT offset: 2 hours
Sunrise and Sunset:
7:28 am and 5:57 pm
Antipode Coordinates:
22.221 and -159.561 (Lat./Lng.)
Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Haena
References
This place on Geonames.org
Current travel safety evaluation for South Africa in Southern Africa

Safety Score: 3,4 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning please reconsider your need to travel to South Africa.

Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning South Africa. Last Update: 2024-05-09 08:23:21

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 12:42 PM (Thursday). 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: 17°C / 62 °F

Morning Temperature 14°C / 56 °F
Evening Temperature 15°C / 60 °F
Night Temperature 14°C / 58 °F
Chance of rainfall 0%
Air Humidity 57%
Air Pressure 1017 hPa
Wind Speed Gentle Breeze with 6 km/h (4 mph) from South-East
Cloud Conditions Clear sky, covering 0% of sky
General Conditions Sky is clear

Friday, 10th of May 2024

15°C (59 °F)
14°C (57 °F)
Moderate rain, strong breeze, overcast clouds.

Saturday, 11th of May 2024

16°C (60 °F)
14°C (57 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.

Sunday, 12th of May 2024

15°C (59 °F)
14°C (57 °F)
Sky is clear, moderate breeze, clear sky.

Hotels and Places to Stay

Colona Castle Manor House

Address
5,6 mi
1 Verwood Road,off Old Boyes Drive, Lakeside
7945 Cape Town
South Africa

Time Information

Checkout: 22:00 - Checkin: 09:00
Reception
Weekday: 7:00 - 22:00
Weekend: closed


Villa Honeywood Guest House

Address
2,2 mi
2 15th Avenue
7975 Cape Town
South Africa

Time Information

Checkout: 11:00 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: -
Weekend: closed


Rodwell House

Address
4,1 mi
Rodwell Road
7945 Cape Town
South Africa

Time Information

Checkout: 11:00 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: -
Weekend: closed


St James Manor

Address
3,8 mi
108 Main Road St.James
7945 Cape Town
South Africa

Time Information

Checkout: 11:00 - Checkin: 08:00
Reception
Weekday: -
Weekend: closed


Capeblue Manor House

Address
5,7 mi
10 Thaxter Road
7945 Cape Town
South Africa

Time Information

Checkout: 10:00 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: -
Weekend: closed


Simon's Town Guest House

Address
0,7 mi
20 Bennett Close - Cairnside
7975 Cape Town
South Africa

Time Information

Checkout: 10:00 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: -
Weekend: closed


Brynbrook House

Address
4,8 mi
15 Brook Crescent
7975 Cape Town
South Africa

Time Information

Checkout: 11:00 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: -
Weekend: closed


African Queen Guesthouse

Address
4,4 mi
11 Wolf Power Close
7979 Cape Town
South Africa

Time Information

Checkout: 11:00 - Checkin: 15:00
Reception
Weekday: -
Weekend: closed


Sonnekus Guest House

Address
4,0 mi
Main Road 88
7945 Westlake,Cape Town
South Africa

Time Information

Checkout: 11:30 - Checkin: 10:30
Reception
Weekday: 7:00 - 21:00
Weekend: 7:00 - 21:00


Port Of Call

Address
3,4 mi
81 Dorries Drive
7975 Cape Town
South Africa

Time Information

Checkout: 10:30 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: -
Weekend: closed


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

Published: April 11, 2015
Length: 00:00 min
Rating: 0 of 5
Author: GoAndStay

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...


Boulders Beach, African Penguins walk along the shoreline. Simon's Town. South Africa.

Published: November 26, 2012
Length: 33:24 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: Aaronne Colagrossi


Petzl Reverso - Top Tips

Published: November 14, 2013
Length: 11:19 min
Rating: 4 of 5
Author: Boulders YouTube

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

Published: February 20, 2009
Length: 12:12 min
Rating: 3 of 5
Author: SmartGuide1

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

Published: December 20, 2010
Length: 45:05 min
Rating: 3 of 5
Author: TripAdvisorTRIPWOWu

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...


Pinguine am Boulders Beach, Simons Town #2

Published: March 19, 2008
Length: 09:20 min
Rating: 0 of 5
Author: mminussoby

Pinguine am Boulders Beach, Simons Town #2.


Pinguine am Boulders Beach, Simons Town #1

Published: March 19, 2008
Length: 11:07 min
Rating: 0 of 5
Author: mminussoby

Pinguine am Boulders Beach, Simons Town.


Simonstown Boat Trips - Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Published: July 03, 2009
Length: 36:46 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: SmartGuide1

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

Published: September 29, 2010
Length: 50:30 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: spudrokk

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

Published: August 08, 2014
Length: 08:37 min
Rating: 0 of 5
Author: Diver's Digest

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.

Located at -34.1667, 18.375 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Fynbos, Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub, Ecoregions of Africa, Flora of South Africa, Afrotropic ecozone

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.

Located at -34.205, 18.404 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Geography of Cape Town, Peninsulas of South Africa

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.

Located at -34.1302, 18.4473 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Seminaries and theological colleges in South Africa, Educational institutions established in 1923, Bible colleges

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.

Located at -34.197, 18.451 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Beaches of South Africa, Geography of Cape Town, Visitor attractions in Cape Town

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.

Located at -34.1667, 18.375 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Floristic regions, Endemic flora of South Africa, Flora of South Africa, Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub, Afromontane, Afrotropic ecozone, Biodiversity hotspots, Floristic regions, Floristic provinces, Phytogeography, Geography of South Africa, World Heritage Sites in South Africa

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.

Located at -34.1833, 18.45 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Cuttlefish

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.

Located at -34.1868, 18.4253 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Railway stations in Cape Town, Railway stations opened in 1890, Metrorail Western Cape stations

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.

Located at -34.125, 18.3958 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Geography of Cape Town