The colours along the roadside were really spectacular


Smitswinkel Bay (I didn't know that's what it was until I checked out Google Maps, trying to figure out where we were)

At this point, the road curves inland as we move away from the eastern end of the Cape. We then entered Cape of Good Hope Table Mountain National Park entrance - I believe it was about 12:30 or so in the afternoon, and we had been told or read that it would take about 45 minutes straight driving to get to the Cape of Good Hope. And we had to be back by 6:00 pm else the gates would be closed. As it was winter, the gate closed at 5:00 pm for those going in if I recall correctly. I wanted to be back by 5:00 pm, so we had a realistic shot at seeing everything we could see on our way back along the western seaboard of the Cape. Sunset was at about 6:00 pm or so those days.


First stop - Platboom Beach


One of the Bartholemew Diaz monuments in the area (he was one of the pioneering Spaniards who circled the Cape of Good Hope to get to India from Europe, back in the days when there was no Suez Canal)



Soon, we were at the Cape of Good Hope taking photos with the other tourists. The seas were rough and so made for some good photos for sure. And it was windy but not all that cold even though it was winter.






With rubbery legs (thank you, Table Mountain!), DS and I climbed up the little hill next to the sign board; DW and DD decided not to come up


View from the top


You can see the raging seas here


As you can see, some folks went up the next hill, which was even higher. We had neither the time nor the leg power to scale that peak


We climbed down and took photos of the angry sea at sea level as well - there were some other tourists who were taking selfies in all sorts of convoluted positions (we kept those selfie shots for a different place and time, not with rocks like this; we didn't want to risk a sharp fall into the sea)


By the time we had gotten proof of us having touched the South-western most point of Africa and spent a few minutes looking around, look how much the queue has grown. We were glad we came exactly when we did, else we would've had to queue up as well! Check out the view of folks climbing up and those on the top


Lots of visitors (but there could've been more of course!)