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The Beauty of Natural Landscape in Cape Town

The Beauty of Natural Landscape in Cape Town

As Cape Town becomes more and more famous for its beautiful landmark and beaches, more tourist are coming to this city. In this city, you can see the fusion between an extravagant mountain and a charming beach. The city itself is modern and very crowded which is good for visitor looking for a place to stay. This city holds many beautiful landmark perfect for you as a getaway from your static life.

This mountain is known to be the reason why people travel to Cape Town. The Table Mountain is a flat-topped mountain and just like its name, it does looks like a table. This mountain can be seen from all part of Cape Town and the view itself is extravagant. Even though the top is flat, climbing it is nowhere near easy thus the locals suggested a railway line to the top of this mountain. With height more than 1.086 meters above sea level, Table Mountain is also home for many rare and endangered plants and also a floral paradise with more than 1.000 species located in one area. As a mountain, one of the attractions would be the view from top of the mountain the city below; and because this is a flat topped mountain, it can hold more people and visitor to have larger area to explore. If you are spending your holiday in Cape Town, it would not hurt to enjoy come and visit this mountain. You will not feel sorry because starting from when you set your foot on the railway, you will understand what makes Table Mountain famous.

As mentions before that Table Mountain is what you can call as a floral paradise, a botanical garden was made at the foot of this mountain which called the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens. Established in 1913, this botanical garden becomes the home of more than 22.000 Cape Town native plants. The beauty of this garden is known to the world making it one of the most visited places in Cape Town. Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens also has a large conservatory inside with plants come from many different regions such as savanna and fynbos. This garden provides you with many paths selection that gives you different plants to see. There are 2 popular paths which are the Skeleton Gorge and Nursery Ravine, both of them with its own unique plants which directing to the Table Mountain. This path is famous among hiker, thus you need to be somehow fit to travel in this path.

Two places mentioned before is the example of how Cape Town becomes known to the world eye for its beauty but if you need more proof the Roben Island is your answer. This island is known as the island that acting as the prison for the first Africa democratic president, Nelson Mandela. Due to its location, this island is a good place for a prison and there were many important political figure held in here. Nowadays the prison is no longer used as a prison and UNESCO already declare this island as World Heritage Site of Cultural Significance. Even though it is no longer used you still can visit the prison in this island and see the prisoner chamber and the quarry mines. For an island with not-so-good background, this island also becomes the home of many bird species. You might get lucky and see rare birds in this island.

Hout Bay Harbour

Spending an Afternoon at Hout Bay Harbour

Hout Bay Harbour is located 40 minutes’ drive from Cape Town in the valley of the Atlantic Seaboard, towards the end of the scenic Cape Peninsula drive. It is a fully functional harbour where numerous ships, boats and fishing vessels dock, and it offers visitors a number of worthwhile attractions that make for an enjoyable afternoon outing.

Visitors to the harbour almost always start their visit with a leisurely stroll along the boardwalk. From the boardwalk one can take a closer look at the hundreds of ships and boats of all shapes, sizes and colours that are docked here, and enjoy the view of the calm waters flanked to the North by the lush mountains of the Table Mountain National Park. Fishing vessels bringing in the day’s catch of Tuna, Snoek and Crayfish can also be seen as they arrive along the boardwalk.

There are a number of short cruises from Hout Bay, and one of the most popular is the cruise to Seal Island on a glass-bottomed boat. This cruise is approximately one hour long, and its final destination is a small island that is completely inhabited by a thriving local seal population. The glass-bottomed boat is the ideal viewing vessel for this journey as passengers are able to view the abundant marine life below the boat during the cruise. Cruises to a nearby shipwreck and to the area below Chapman’s Peak are also available. Continue reading