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CAPE POINT ROUTE

A trip to Cape Point is a must for any Cape Town visitor. The southern end of the Cape Peninsula boasts two points of interest, the Cape of Good Hope and the more southerly and slightly higher Cape Point. However, the most southern point of Africa is to be found 150 kilometres towards the southeast. There, at Cape Agulhas, the two oceans, the Indian and the Atlantic 'meet'. For the early seafarers the Cape of Good Hope marked the turning point in their luck because once the "Cape of Storms", as Bartholomeus Diaz called it in 1488, had been passed, the battle against the sea was basically won.

There are many reasons to visit Cape Point. Among them are the fact that it is the most South-Westerly point of Africa, it's where the cold Beguela current on the West coast and the warm Agulhas current on the East coast merge, it's one of the highest sea cliffs in the world - 249 m above sea level, and is a paradise for nature lovers, with at least 250 species of birds, approximately 1,100 indigenous plant species, some of which occur no where else on earth, and has a variety of buck, baboons and other animals.

From Two Oceans Restaurant you can take in sweeping views of False Bay, way below. The restaurant, perched high above the crashing waves, has been designed to ensure that all visitors can enjoy the incredible vistas.


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