by Dominic Chadbon | Sep 25, 2023 | Cape Point |
A blue moon isn’t really blue; it’s when two full moons occur in the same month. It’s a rare calendar event – hence “once in a blue moon” – but a more unusual lunar phenomenon also exists. If a full blue moon is its closest point to the earth during its...
by Dominic Chadbon | Jul 28, 2023 | Cape Point |
Oh, so you thought a trip to Cape Point meant cute penguins and selfies while wandering willy-nilly through the fynbos? Beware. As modest as the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve appears, it is home to animals the size of a rhino, others with fangs longer than those of...
by Dominic Chadbon | Jun 29, 2022 | Cape Point |
Dark-keeled clouds greeted my arrival at Gifkommetjie in the Cape Point reserve; cold Atlantic rain began to wash over winter fynbos. The temperature fell, the sun disappeared and rain picked up the pace. But then again, no-one said finding the secret treasure of...
by Dominic Chadbon | May 27, 2021 | Cape Point |
For all my boasting about the abundance of natural life at Cape Point, there’s one other thing you’ll see of lot of there. And that’s death. It’s everywhere – bones, skulls, old carcasses, broken tortoises and discarded seashells – but don’t be surprised: Cape...
by Dominic Chadbon | Feb 3, 2020 | Cape Point |
Before we get started I’d better issue a disclaimer: Cape Point is the most weather-exposed part of the entire South African coastline, reeling under gale-force winds for 100 days of each year. Its original, pre-marketing name is the Cape of Storms. Don’t plan a...
by Dominic Chadbon | Jun 22, 2018 | Cape Point |
If you’ve ever got out of the car at Cape Point and watched helplessly as your hat sails over the viewing rail then you’ll be comforted to know that the place to which we send over a million visitors a year has – officially – the worst weather anywhere on South...
