Cape Point

Question: What do penguins, baboons and golfers have in common? Answer to follow.

We are now in Hout Bay, just south of Cape town. I am looking out the door of our exceptionally stylish B&B (with hot tub and pool as you can see) across the bay to Chapman's drive. Chapman's drive is a 20km drive cut into the cliffs: paved and with cemented stone retaining walls, so you get something for the 31 Rand it costs to drive on it. The views are spectacular.

Today we took the scenic route down the east side of the Cape Point peninsula, stopping in Simon's Town, home of the SA Navy. The main street buildings are all lovely Victorian, especially the British Hotel. There are supposed to be penguins here but they were not around. Instead we had a nice lunch at a harbor front restaurant looking out over a yacht harbor and part of the SA fleet. It's funny to look out over sail boats and see a cruiser. We didn't see penguins but we saw a submarine coming into harbor.

Down at the end of the peninsula is Cape Point and Cape of Good Hope. As you can see from the photos it is a mega-tourist attraction. From the rest of our trip we are not used to crowds, but we dealt with it. How many times can I say that the views are spectacular.

Answer: They are all posted on warning signs on the road near Simon's Town. The only ones we found were the golfers since the road cuts right through the course.