Kommetjie Things to Do

You cannot come to Kommetjie and not visit Imhoff Farm!

It is a relaxed farm area, which has a variety of food, art, furniture and crafty places on its premisis. It is a lovely place to visit for lunch and a saunter around, and locals really love coming here.

There is a wonderful history to the farm itself, before it was commercialised.

Baron Gustav Wilhelm van Imhoff was the Commissioner Extrordinaire at the Cape at the time (1743), and due to a constant need for fresh farm produce for Simons Town and the navy there, he commissioned farms in the Noordhoek area.

Other farms were commissioned in the Fish Hoek area too.

Zwaansweide was a farm owned by Christina Rousseau, and the Commissioner was so impressed with her produce, that he pledged to her the land near Slangkop ridge, which was appropriately named 'Imhoff's Gift'.

Due to the Group Areas Act in 1967, a part of the farm was resettled and Ocean View started... a 'coloured' township. These people were moved (through no choice of their own!) from Simon's Town, Glencairn and Noordhoek, to Ocean View by the then apartheid government.

In 1958 there was a fire which caused much damage on the farm.. they have since renovated the farmstead and it is now what it is today, based on a busy tourist route to Cape Point. As I said previously, the locals also love coming here for fresh produce and some shopping :)