Today was the day I went out of Cape Town driving south to visit the Botanical Gardens, and then to the very southern tip of Africa to see the Cape of Good Hope. I have to admit that I had 4 or 5 tourist detours along the way because of poor signage, but after stopping twice to ask directions, I was back on the correct route.
Varieties of white lilies
More paths within the gardens
My first sight of the Indian Ocean was thrilling I must say and being at the Cape of Good Hope, which played such an important role in world history, was a BIG checkmark on my bucket list.
First sight of the Indian Ocean, which turns out to be False Bay, and not the Indian Ocean at all ! ! ! :-(
Simon's Town on the other side of the bay. Within the National Park, on the way to the Cape of Good Hope. All natural African vegetation in this area.
From the parking lot, a look up at the lighthouse. Funicular from the parking lot to below the lighthouse.
From the Upper Funicular landing, looking down at the parking lot and the long line of vehicles along the road
Leaving the park, the clouds are moving in
The drive back to Cape Town took more than 2 hours due to traffic jams on every single road. Everyone who had gone to the southern beaches for the day were heading back at the same time. For more than ½ and hour in stop and go traffic, we only covered about 2 kilometres.
I checked my map to see what alternate routes were available, and I ended up deciding to come back inland and taking Highway M3 to come back. It was slow going at first, but when we hit the outskirts of Cape Town we were finally on a divided highway/parkway that moved and it was a beautiful drive through tree covered areas. You could not tell you were in the city ! Sorry no pics of this part.
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