Cape Peninsula
Interactive Map of Cape Peninsula, Western Cape, South Africa
Cape Peninsula
"The fairest Cape we ever saw in the whole circumference
of the earth," exclaimed the great navigator Sir Francis Drake when
he sailed into Table Bay in the year 1580. Through the centuries it
has been called by many names: the Cape of Storms, by the Portuguese
soldiers who forst navigated around the trecherous shores at Cape Point;
the Cape of Good Hope, by those who survived the journey to enter the
calmer waters of Table Bay; and for South Africans today, simply "the
Cape" - an acknowledgement of its status as the Mother City, and of
its unique character.
The feeling in the Cape is certainly
not African, but cosmopolitan; the weather is quite unlike that on
the rest of the continent and the landscape differs dramatically as
well. For most of the year, the Cape experiences weather which changes
from pleasant to sublime, but it has earned its knickname "Cape of
Storms" with good reason. The Cape is the only part of Africa which
falls within a temperate climate zone and it enjoys typical Mediterranean
weather with long, hot summers and cool, wet winters.
Cape
Town offers incredible scenic pleasures, fascinating
history, endless coastline with pristine beaches, hiking, sailing,
cycling, boating, and loads of other outdoor activities, world-class
winelands, superb nightlife and fine food and wine. For
visitors to Southern
Africa, a stopover in Cape Town for at least a few days is highly
recommended. The hotels are some of the finest in the world and
there is nowhere else on the continent which is at all similar to
South Africa's southwestern Cape.
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