Cape Point & the Cape of Good Hope
A 40-minute drive south of Boulders Beach through the Cape Peninsula National Park delivers you to one of the most theatrical headlands on the planet. Sheer ochre cliffs plunge into churning seas where the Atlantic and Indian oceans famously converge, and the old lighthouse perches at 249 metres with views that stretch to Antarctica in the imagination.
The Viewpoints Worth the Climb
The Flying Dutchman Funicular whisks you from the lower cable station to the historic lighthouse in four minutes, but the 20-minute footpath rewards walkers with fynbos-fringed panoramas and the chance to spot Cape sugarbirds feeding on proteas along the way.
At the Cape of Good Hope sign — the most south-westerly point of Africa — the photo queue can be long, but walk 200 metres north along the cliff path and you'll find equally dramatic vistas with no one in sight.
Wildlife Along the Way
The drive through the park is an open-air safari: troops of chacma baboons patrol the roadsides (never feed them), Cape mountain zebra graze the plateau and eland antelope appear without warning on the road at dawn.
Whale-watching from the cliff tops is exceptional between July and November when southern right whales nurse their calves in the bays below — bring binoculars.
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