Cape of Good Hope and Cape Point

We drove into the Cape National Park and stopped at the actual Cape of Good Hope. The original name given by the Portuguese in 1488 was Cape of Storms, but they wanted to promote this route as the best way to the East Indies, so changed its name for marketing reasons. The two minutes I was able to last in the wind and rain fit the earlier name better.

We drove to Cape Point and took the funicular up to near the lighthouse from which we could see the Cape down below.

It is neat to think you are standing at the end of a continent with nothing but Australia far far to the East, Brazil far far to the west and Antarctica far far to the South.

We then drove back into the city. The area is all very scenic, sometimes spectacularly so, and roads and development is all very nice. We did not go into any townships, of course. Got back to my hotel about 1:30, so a nice length to the day.Read more