The Hout Bay bay has a beautiful whitesand beach, a popular attraction for tourists and locals alike. Hout Bay has one of the busiest harbours in the Western Cape with a thriving tuna, snoek and crayfish industry. The harbour boast the Atlantic Yacht Club and several restaurants.

Hout Bay is the centre of the crayfish and snoek fishing industry, and its fishing harbour gives the little coastal town a lively atmosphere. But today, its main economic contributor is tourism. After all, the attractions of this beautifully situated place are numerous. Other than hiking, sailing, surfing, kayaking, fishing, cycling, having a picnic or suntanning at the beach, there is not much one can't do in Hout Bay. And the scenic Chapman's Peak Drive, the harbour, the bird park and Seal Island are all part of it. That is why over the last years many new settlements, apartments and mansions have been built, many of them as holiday homes for people who initially came as tourists from Europe.