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...
by Dominic Chadbon | Feb 13, 2018 | Cape Point |
Toxic tentacles! External stomachs! Bristly feet! And they’re … uhm … four centimetres long and live in little rock pools. But hey, the denizens of the not-so- deep are still pretty intimidating when seen close up. And there’s no better place to see these beasts than...
by Dominic Chadbon | Mar 14, 2017 | Cape Point |
It must be said that the name of the place doesn’t sound that enticing: Gifkommetjie loosely translates as ‘small poison bay’ and you’ll have to clear your throat to pronounce it properly (‘hif-comma-key’ is about right). But although it’s only a short drive from the...
by Dominic Chadbon | May 16, 2016 | Cape Point |
As I stepped onto the beach at Olifantsbos in the Cape of Good Nature Reserve I realised that something was very… different. The tidal range in the Cape is usually modest, rarely dropping more than a metre and a bit. But today the ocean had retreated well over...
by Dominic Chadbon | Apr 11, 2016 | Cape Point |
Cape Point is your best chance to see wildlife while you’re in Cape Town. The perfect day trip, a Cape Point wildlife tour introduces you to the birds, mammals, insects and reptiles of the Cape mountains and coast. Top of the list are the big mammals. The baboons of...
by Dominic Chadbon | Jul 17, 2015 | Cape Point, Table Mountain |
Pushed for time in Cape Town? Keen to take advantage of good weather? You can do all three of Cape Town’s best natural attractions –Table Mountain, Cape Point and Boulders Beach penguin colony – on a single day tour. And that includes a Table Mountain hike, with...
