A full day of sight seeing trip from Cape Town was a bus tour from Cape Town to Cape Point, our first destination. It was one of the most scenic coastal drives in the world. We saw the magnificient views of beautiful little bays, quaint villages nestled in the clear turquoise blue seas with crashing waves backed by steep granite cliffs and towering mountains. We passed Clifton Beach, Hout Bay, Noordhoek, Chapmans Bay, Scarborough with a few short stops before reaching Cape of Good Hope, the south-western most point of the African continent.
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| Map of Cape Town and southern coast |
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| Clifton Beach |
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| View from Clifton Beach |
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| Hout Bay |
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| Hout Bay - Tokai Forest Reserve |
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| View from Chapman's Peak Drive |
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| Chapman's Peak View |
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Ostrich @ Dias Beach
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| "Cape of Good Hope" Signage |
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Cape Point, southern most of the peninsular and Africa
A funicular took us to the top of Cape Point's light house.
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View of the Cape peninsula
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| The Cape of Good Hope looking towards the west, from the coastal cliffs above Cape Point |
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| We took the Funicular from the Cape Point car park to the upper lighthouse. |
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| The old lighthouse at Cape Point Peak |
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View from the lighthouse
 | View from the walk near the lighthouse
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Our next destination after Cape Point lighthouse was Simon's Town, a picturesque coastal village where we had a delicious seafood lunch before walking a short distance to visit the African Penguin Colony at Boulders Bay Beach.
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| Atlantic ocean from Simon's Town |
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| Colony of African Penguin at Boulders Beach |
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| Penguins @ Boulders Beach |
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| An African penguin |
The beautiful coastal drive back to Cape Town, again was a pleasant drive. We're relaxed and enjoyed another wonderful day in Cape Town.
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| Smitswinkel Bay Beach from the coastal drive |
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