If you’re visiting Cape of Good Hope, you might as well stop by Cape Point, as it is more or less next door. At least when you’ve already driven the whole way down from Cape Town. Cape Point is where the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean meet. Well, one of the places, as the meeting point fluctuates. You get a great shot of Cape of Good Hope as the Cape Point parking lot sits higher. To get even higher you can do the Flying Dutchman Funicular, and even more, walk up to the lighthouse from the funicular stop. Considering we were having the worst weather ever when visiting, it was not very tempting to walk up, in the pouring rain and with winds threatening to blow you over. So I passed. A couple of the others on the tour decided to go, and when I asked if I had missed out on anything, they said only more rain and wind 🙂 Instead of freezing even more an Aussie and I headed to the two eateries on site. One is a more fancy one, where you have to have a meal to get a table, and the other one is a takeaway place, where the line was way too long for us to bother, but the pizza looked really good 🙂
Cape Point was a stop on a day trip with African Eagle Day Tours. My guesthouse made the reservation, and I was very happy with the tour company. On the way down from Cape Town we followed the western coastline of the peninsula, passing bays and beaches like Camps Bay and Clifton – great scenery! At the harbour of the small fishing village of Hout Bay you have the option to go on a boat trip to Seal Island (I didn’t, I went for hot tea instead 🙂 ). On the way back to Cape Town we drove through the eastern side of the peninsula, through Simon’s Town, Kalk Bay and Muizenberg. One scheduled stop we didn’t do was the Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens. At that time it was still pouring down, and everyone on the bus said it was ok to pass on it, wanting to get home and out of the wet clothes.
Website: capepoint.co.za
I know the weather was bad, but wow, what an amazing place to visit, and your photos with the weather hanging overhead set the mood perfectly. #farawayfiles
It’s cool, but I had a hard time enjoying it 🙂 It’s unbelievable that I got some nice shots at all!
I know just how you feel.
We really enjoyed visiting Cape Point and were fortunate to have better weather so we could enjoy the view. Perhaps the rain kept the baboons away though – they can be a pest at Cape Point! Thanks for reminding me of happy times in SA. #FarawayFiles
Lucky you 🙂 Didn’t see any baboons, so maybe it was good for something 🙂 My pleasure!
I did a similar tour in Cape Town but got a bit luckier with the weather. Seeing the seals was pretty neat and Camps Bay is beautiful! #FarawayFiles
If the rain would have just stopped. I wouldn’t have opposed to wind, clouds, the cold. I’ve met sea lions up close in the Galapagos, so I was ok with not doing the seals this time. I didn’t do Camps Bay besides driving through. Should definitely had more days in CT!
What a shame you had such terrible weather, Bea. But like Lynn says it must have felt crazily wild standing at that point with the rain lashing down. Thanks for sharing on #FarawayFiles
Yes, but I guess that’s the risk travelling off-season. It was really bad! I don’t understand how I was able to get shots without raindrops on them, because I was drying off the lens the whole time. No umbrellas or rain ponchos did the job, so I just wanted to get out of there.
It must have felt very wild on that point with that weather! We visited in the scorching heat and standing at that point was invigorating! #FarawayFiles
It was horrible, no other way to put it 🙂 I’ll do scorching heat over that any day! I can only imagine – lucky you!