The weather continued to be gorgeous as we headed down the False Bay Peninsula along Miller’s Point toward Cape Point. We passed more spectacular beach with premium priced homes dotting the overlooking mountainside. The architecture of most of the houses is fairly contemporary with concrete facades and lots of glass. Most homes have surrounding walls and security systems, some with guards on staff. The roofs are either tile or metal due to the heavy winds in the area. The views continued to be spectacular and impossible to capture on film, so will have to keep these sights in my memory bank.
We used our wild card again to enter the Cape of Good Hope Nature Preserve, which is part of the Table Mountain National Park. All of the vegetation was low growing and durable because of the wind and nearness to the ocean. We saw lots of flowers including the white everlasting, lavender geraniums and many protea shrubs. The only visible animals were some ostriches with babies and a group of baboons on the side of the road. Unfortunately, someone had just fed the baboons as the area was littered with bottles and fast food papers. It is against the law to feed them, but some people continue to do so, probably just to take some pictures.
The lighthouse at Cape Point is located at the top of a hiking trail where we enjoyed a panoramic view of the bay area. We could still see waves cresting over the remains of a ship that had wrecked in that area. The museum at the start of the hike has a detailed history of the area with pictures and names of the ships that had wrecked offshore. The latest disaster was in 1970.
It was just a short drive to the Cape of Good Hope at the tip of the peninsula. We had to take group pictures at the Cape sign as proof we had been there despite the strong wind. It was a typical craggy coast but some of us had to rock hop down to the water and check the temperature – and it was as cold as we were told it would be. We then slowly retraced our route and stopped for dinner at a well recommended seafood restaurant for some good African fish.
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