snapshots from the cape peninsula, south africa.
clifton fourth beach.
april 2024
after our time in the cape winelands, we headed into cape town for a few days. we booked a whole day tour of the cape peninsula through localplaces. we knew there were beautiful sights to see, but our guide gerald really gifted us so much more than that. we certainly had the option to just be shown around for the day, but he asked if we were interested in learning about the history of the cape as well - to which we enthusiastically said yes! throughout the day he shared so much of his knowledge and passion, starting with the indigenous peoples, the arrival of the portuguese and other europeans, going all the way to the end of apartheid. we truly learned so much.
clifton fourth beach.
viewpoint.
hout bay harbour.
view of hout bay harbour from chapman peak drive.
we started driving south on the western side of the peninsula, along chapman’s peak drive, towards the cape of good hope. the views were absolutely stunning.
chapman’s peak.
more of chapman’s peak drive.
at the cape of good hope with our guide gerald.
it was a gorgeous day, but it was windy AF the entire time. definitely felt like we had to take particular care to not be blown over as we walked the steps up to and from the lighthouse at cape point.
carcass pn the beach.
funicular at cape point.
cape point lighthouse.
view of the cape of good hope from the lighthouse.
cape point.
cape of good hope.
view across false bay from the lighthouse.
after cape point, we headed north up the peninsula on the eastern side. stopping in kalk bay for lunch (more on that in a future post), and backtracking down to boulders beach to see a penguin colony!
kalk bay.
seals at kalk bay.
penguins at boulders beach.
scavenging baboon.
more baboons.
our last coastal stop was the very scenic muizenberg beach, before passing through groot constantia (south africa’s oldest wine estate) on our way back to the city.
kite and wind surfers at muizenberg beach.
colorful beach huts.
muizenberg beach.
groot constantia.
vineyards and a view at groot constantia.
