Muizenberg Beach - Cape Town, South Africa

Long, rolling waves break onto the wide sandy beach at Muizenberg, on the shores of False Bay in Cape Town, and this camera looks along the shore where surfers paddle out and walkers stroll along the edge of the water.

The gentle waves at Surfer's Corner make it one of the best-known places to learn to surf in South Africa. Along the beach stand the famous brightly painted beach huts, and spotters on the hillside watch the bay for sharks.

Muizenberg's name is Dutch for "mouse mountain." In 1795, the Battle of Muizenberg led to the first British occupation of the Cape, and later Cecil Rhodes kept a seaside cottage here, where he died in 1902.

Did You Know? Rhodes's old cottage in Muizenberg is now a small public museum.

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