We drove south from Cape Town to the Cape of Good Hope (and Cape Point) on Tuesday. It’s only about 60k. We first stopped at Boulders Beach to see the penguin colony there.
We arrived at the Cape of Good Hope and took the obligatory sign pic PLUS a selfie just to make sure you knew we were there.
Point Cape, just east, has the lighthouse. At one point it was the brightest lighthouse in the world.
A look west to the Cape of Good Hope.
So, that was the tip of a continent. On the drive back up to Cape Town we stayed on the Atlantic side of the peninsula. (We drove along False Bay, the east side of the peninsula, on the way down.) The road along Chapman’s Peak is famous for its difficult construction including a section literally carved out of the rock. Leena got a great action photo (note: speed limit is 20k in this section; also, car is a right drive).
We headed up Signal Hill (~350m) for views of Table Rock and a sunset over the Atlantic.
