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Nicole's
Travelogues and Budget Travel Tips..
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CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, SOUTH AFRICA
Anyway, after leaving Boulders we headed straight for Good Hope - it took about 20 minutes. The guide said that their were herds of zebra and a variety of antelope. We stopped at Cape of Good Hope and took pics by the sign. Then a guy came by and asked us if we had seen the baboon. We hadn't. Apparently a baboon had just stolen a woman's purse and he was in hot pursuit. Turns out the baboon went through the purse, threw out the passport, and disappeared into the cliffs. How nice of him! Now she doesn't have to deal with the embassy! Then our guide told us about the baboons in the area. The Chacma Baboons eat fruits, bulbs, honey, insects and feed occasionally on marine foods. But tourists have taken to feeding them so they've gotten accustomed to people food and expect it when they see people. The baboons have become very aggressive and now they have extra guards around to deal with the 'baboon problem.' |
Table Mountain National Park web site Park is open from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm during the summer (October - March) and from 7:00 am to 5:00 pm during the winter (April - September). The cliffs at the southern point (650 feet above the sea) consist of three clearly defined promontories: Cape of Good Hope, Cape Maclear, and Cape Point. Ha ha ha yea I had to look that word up - Promontory is a headland or high cape jutting into the sea.
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The Cape of Good Hope is also part of Table Mountain National Park (in addition to Boulders Beach) and encompasses 7,750 hectares. Good Hope is positioned between two major ocean currents - the cold Benguela current on the West Coast and the warm Agulhas current on the East Coast. False Bay is a good place to whale watch between June and November - though we didn't see any in July. We did, however, see seals and a dolphin.
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Ooh I was so excited glued to the windows to catch a glimpse of one of my favorite animals - the zebra. Ha ha of course I thought I saw one every few minutes but it always turned out to be a bush. Darn it! Never did see one but did see lots of ostriches. 
