Private Cape Peninsula Tour

Cape of Good Hope is a headland off the southern corner of South Africa. It is wrongly thought as the southernmost point of the African continent and the spot where the Atlantic and Indian ocean meet.

Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve is the best place to enjoy the beauty of nature and wild. This phenomenal place is a strait peninsula that overhangs into the ocean. With this kind of landscape comes unforeseeable weather and wind. Cape of Good Hope is of the famous tourist attraction. It happens to be a beautiful and scenic picnic spot with hiking and cycling trails around it.

Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias was the first known European person to discover the cape, he discovered it in 1488 and gave it the name ‘Cape Storms’. However, years later it was renamed to Cape of Good Hope to try and attract sailors to the Cape Sea Route which passes through the southern coast of Africa.

There are around 250 different species of birds, including penguins found in the Cape of Good Hope. There are also other animals found in this area which are zebras, deer, antelope, otters, reptiles and rodents. The most famous mammal that exists at the Cape of Good Hope is the Chacma Baboon. There are 11 troops found in the Cape of Good Hope and they consist of 375 individuals throughout the entire Cape Peninsula.

Cape of Good Hope is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is described as “one of the world’s great centres of terrestrial biodiversity”. There is approximately 1100 plans species native to the Cape of Good Hope. These plant species include ‘fynobos’ or ‘fine bush’ vegetation like proteas, cone bushes and tree pincushions.

The Atlantic and the Indian oceans meet at the Cape of Good Hope and these waters can be very treacherous for ships. The currents very dangerous waves that have led to shipwrecks. It was here that the Flying Dutchman was lost in a very bad storm. It is currently a ghost ship doomed to sail this route forever. If one happens to see this ghost ship, it is a signal to imminent disaster.
A very talented Portuguese poet Luis de Camoes personified the Cape of Good Hope in his great poem Os Lusiadas which was printed in 1572. He made a mythological character named Adamastor who symbolises the dangerous situations the Portuguese sailors faced when trying to round the Cape Storms.

The Cape of Good Hope balmy climate attracts tourists to its protected areas, where the influence of the weather conditions on vegetation is full display. The Table Mountain National Park surround the famous 3,563-foot sandstone uplift that gives dramatic backdrop to Cape Town and extends to include the peninsula. Here tourists can see historic lighthouses and wildlife like baboons, eland and whales.
Western Cape is a very beautiful province with amazing tourist attractions that are all a must see but one should make sure they visit the unique and phenomenal Cape of Good Hope to explore and experience all the attractions found there. Private Cape Peninsular gets you to see these wonderful attraction and more Cape Town Tours. You may also be interested on the Private Cape Winelands Day Tour to discover more about the famous Stellenbosch, Paarl and Franschhoek