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Africa > South Africa > Cape Town > Mar, 2006 ![]() ![]() |
South African Rand (ZAR) ZAR 1 = US$ 0.1624 US$ 1 = ZAR 6.16 check current rates |
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Overview:
We drove around the
![]() ![]() Large chunks of the peninsula are part of the Table Mountain NP which, as the name implies, includes Table Mountain itself. |
NP = National Park |
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Satellite Photo:
See this satellite map
of the Cape Town area with pushpins and then zoom in at least once. |
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We meandered to a nearby park overlooking the harbour, where more wooden statues and bowls were sold
(similar statues/masks/beads to the ones we had seen in Kenya/Tanzania, plus statues like the one
I bought during the township tour). |
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Tip: you can also get to Simon's Town by train | |||
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R50 pp NR = Nature Reserve |
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Near the lighthouse is a road down to the windy coastline of the Cape of Good Hope proper --
the southwestern most point of Africa! |
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We drove up the west coast a bit, past Kommetjie Lighthouse, then cut across the peninsula
back to cozy Kalk Bay for a romantic candlelit dinner at Café Matisse before returning home
along the M3. |
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![]() We cruised down the M3 again, across Silvermine NR, over Chapman's Peak and down into Hout Bay for a tasty lunch at a little resto w/ a patio, near the beach (we didn't want to wait at the larger, crowded hotel resto next door). |
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Then we cruised up the western coast and stopped briefly a the beach in trendy Camps Bay.
Actually there is a large beach with a California beach-vibe (restos and shops across the street)
and then a smaller beach next door. The water (Atlantic Ocean) was very cold; we could only
manage to dip our feet! |
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