Last time when I visited S. Africa in 2008 missed Cape Town.
The stories I heard about the Table Mountain park, Cape and the wineries
beckoned me to visit this beautiful town. Finally, in 2018 I could put a check against
this in my bucket list! Cape Town has a unique
coast line and famous for the Natural reserve park in the Cape of Good Hope,
Cape Point and Cape Agulhas where the Atlantic and the Indian oceans meet. Cape
Agulhas is the southernmost tip of the African continent. Bartholomew Diaz, the Portuguese
explorer first named the Cape as “Cape of Storms”. Vasco Da Gama came around
the Cape of Good Hope and reached the west coast of India landing in Calicut in
1498.
Indeed, a long history of loot, wars, colonization of the African
continent and setting up trading posts in India followed by the English, Dutch,
Danish and the French who later colonized many countries in Africa and Asia.
The Cape was witnessing all this and the ships crossing the southern tip of
Africa ceased when Suez Canal was opened in 1869
From the Hilton City Centre, we drove along the coastal route and took a
ferry to hop into the Seal island. Cape of Good Hope Natural reserve park is
the best with the lush green trees and provide sanctuary to many birds and
animals. The African Penguin whose ancestors must have migrated from the Antarctica
have adapted to the warm weather of the African coast.
The vista from the Cape Agulhas is breathtaking. One can see the two
different currents of the Indian and the Atlantic Ocean with distinct hues of blue.
The clouds, rocks, wind, ocean and the sand take you to a World of awe and
wonder. I felt like melting away into the nature leaving everything. The
thought was pushed away when I looked at the light house. Oh! Yes, need to
climb.....
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From the Hilton City Centre, we drove along the coastal route and took a
ferry to hop into the Seal island. Cape of Good Hope Natural reserve park is
the best with the lush green trees and provide sanctuary to many birds and
animals. The African Penguin whose ancestors must have migrated from the Antarctica
have adapted to the warm weather of the African coast. 
The vista from the Cape Agulhas is breathtaking. One can see the two
different currents of the Indian and the Atlantic Ocean with distinct hues of blue.
The clouds, rocks, wind, ocean and the sand take you to a World of awe and
wonder. I felt like melting away into the nature leaving everything. The
thought was pushed away when I looked at the light house. Oh! Yes, need to
climb.....
Lovely. Thanks
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