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...
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...
