BRIEFS | First Look
I park my ear midway up Chapman's Peak Drive, and a shuttle transports me down a winding road that cuts into the side of the mountain and meanders to the rocky shoreline below. The view of The Sentinel and Hout Bay has got to be the clincher; it's paradisiacal, and I anticipate the sunset later that evening. Can a lodge match this panorama?
The property has survived two devastating fires, one veld, one kitchen, a staff member explains as we walk to my room,