Lynx Accommodation

Our aim is to offer superior self catering holiday accommodation, excellent service and affordable price regarding your self catering accommodation needs, as well as, give guests a glimpse of the exquisite beauty you will find when visiting the Western Cape. Somerset Links Self Catering Holiday Apartments are situated in the tranquil town of Somerset West in the Helderberg area of the Western Cape. Surrounded by towering mountain ranges, picturesque vineyards, scenic coastlines with warm waters and white sandy beaches, it is a tourist and photographer's paradise.

Somerset Links is ideally situated for guests visiting the Helderberg, Stellenbosch and Franchhoek Winelands, Overberg (Whales/Sharks), Cape Peninsula (Penguins), Cape Town (2010 Fifa Soccer World Cup Host City), Table Mountain (nominated for the New 7 Wonders of Nature), Robben Island (Nelson Mandela's home for many years) and the V&A Waterfront areas. All within 10 to 45 minutes drive from Somerset Links. The area East of Cape Town City Centre boasts scenic coastlines; picturesque vineyards surrounded by the Hottentots Holland Mountain range and are known as the Helderberg. This region includes Somerset West (Somerset Links Holiday Apartments), Strand (Afrikaans for beach), Gordon's Bay, Khayelitsha and is considered to be the gateway to the Cape Winelands and the Overberg.

The area also boasts one of the richest eco Nature Reserves, namely the Kogelberg Biosphere. Here you can travel from Gordon's Bay along Clarence drive (Similar to Chapman's Peak drive) to experience what was referred to by Reader's Digest as one of the world's 10 most scenic drives. Click here to see more about Winelands & Overberg.