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Cape Point, Groot Constantia, Kirstenbosch, Robben Island Museum, Table Mountain Cableway, and V&A Waterfront are the iconic destinations that form the core of the true Cape Town experience, and a trip to the city will not be complete without a visit to each Big 6 attraction.
Cape Point (Afrikaans: Kaappunt) is a promontory at the southeast corner of the Cape Peninsula, a mountainous and scenic landform that runs north-south for about thirty kilometres at the extreme southwestern tip of the African continent in South Africa.
The Cape Point Nature Reserve has a number of interesting attractions and pristine white sand beaches populated with marine and terrestrial wildlife.
In a thunderous clash of water against rock, where mountain and ocean meet, Cape Point juts out like an outstretched arm, attracting an incredible diversity of life (furry, feathered and two-legged) to its pristine beaches and rugged cliffs.
With numerous beaches, dozens of amazing viewpoints, a fascinating maritime history, and plenty of unique fauna and flora, it’s impossible to fit everything that Cape Point has to offer in one visit. This is our selection of the most popular things to see and do when you next visit Cape Point:
People do not just visit Cape Point because it’s the most southwestern point of Africa. There are actually lots of things you can do: Watch whales moving past Cape Point on their annual migration (around June to October); There are several great swimming and picnic sites at the Bordjiesrif and Buffels Bay tidal pools;
Cape Point is home to the famous Cape Point lighthouse as well as the Cape of Good Hope where the Indian and Atlantic oceans meet. It is not the southern most point of South Africa, that honor goes to Cape Aghulas but that is a 3 hour drive from Cape Town.