Cape of Good Hope - "The End of the World" for the African continent

 

We have a wonderful guide and driver - Maurice du Pleis with African Hoope Tours.  Maurice picks us up at our "flat" (not condo).  It is a rainy, drizzle, overcast day.  We drive out of Cape Town south along the most rugged and rocky coast line.

 

We take the Chatman's Peak Drive where the road is literally cut into the side of the mountain.

At the "End of the World" in South Africa



Cape Point - where two oceans collide - The Indian and the Atlantic.



  The Flying Dutchman funicular to some superb lookout points over the Atlantic

 

 

Cape Point, the most south-westerly tip of Africa, is a spectacular sight, covered in endemic fynbos and home to breathtaking bays, beaches and rolling green hills and valleys, just 60km outside of Cape Town.

The Cape of Good Hope

Spectacular views 

Cape Point falls within the Cape Floral Region, a World Heritage Site, and is the most southerly point within the Good Hope section of Table Mountain National Park. The Cape Floral Region is one of the richest areas for plants in the world – it is home to nearly 20% of Africa’s flora.

Elaine and Darrell at Cape Point



Cape Point is 820 feet