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| The Cape of Good Hope. The end of the Road and the start of the walking trail that leads to the top of the Cape of Good Hope mountain behind the signs. | |||||||||
| The Cape of Good Hope is the south-westernmost point of Africa. This is the third of the 3 mountains that make up the final point of the Cape Peninsula and indeed the African continent. The other 2 being Cape Maclear and Cape Point itself. The small segment of the Cape of Good Hope Map shown illustrates the location of the Cape of Good Hope Mountain and the hiking trail along the top of the mountain to Cape Maclear. |  |
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| The thumbnail below was taken from the start of this trail on top of the mountain and shows Cape Maclear with the old lighthouse on top on the left with Cape Point extending past it, one can just make out the new lighthouse at the tip of Cape Point. | |||||||||
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It
is
a
very
short
walk
along
the
hiking
trail
from
the
car
park
in
front
of
the
sign
in
the
top
picture
to
the
top
of
the
mountain
from
which
the
picture
left
was
taken. The
hiking
trail
from
the
Car
Park
at
the
Cape
of
Good
Hope
to
the
top
of
the
Good
Hope
Mountain
is
less
than
1
km. It is a steep ascend from sea level to the top of the mountain. The view from the top is truly amazing. The walk itself is full of wonderful surprises...(click on the pictures for enlargements or continue to follow the tour). |
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| Cape Maclear and Cape Point from the top of the Cape of Good Hope mountain. |  |
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| The detail of the rock shown right, was taken on the face of the mountain immediately behind the sign shown in the picture at the top of this page. An amazing sculpture of nature. | |||||||||
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| Detail of the rocks of The Cape of Good Hope Mountain. | |||||||||
| On the face of the mountain where there is no sand the roots of the vygie and statis hacking out an existence at the Cape of Storms, traps enough sand blown by the fierce sea-winds to ensure their survival. There is an abundance of lizards on the walk and the mountain eating mainly tiny gnats that fly around. | |||||||||
| Although the spectacular flower display in the Cape of Good Hope is in late winter, there is always something flowering in the Fairest Cape as illustrated by the purple flowers of the statis. |  |
There are 3 species of lizard that can be easily observed on the Cape of Good Hope Mountain Trail, the one in the picture above being the commonest. A beautiful larger character with a big blue-green head does strange push-ups when excited but was to shy to be photographed. | |||||||
| Some of the information on this page from the Cape Peninsula National Park, Cape of Good Hope brochure. |
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Cape
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Where to go? |
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Janthina for pictorial sitemap |
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Thai
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Contact:
info@sunsetbeach.co.za |
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Siffie for Beach Hotel Rates | |||||||
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