The Cape of Good Hope and Cape Point
The Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias rounded it in 1487 and first called it the Cape of Storms. It is not Africa’s southernmost point, Cape Agulhas, 150 km to the east-south-east: it belongs to Table Mountain National Park, with Cape Point.
Key facts
Before you go.
- Starting point
- Cape Town, at the end of the peninsula running from Table Mountain to Cape PointTable Mountain National Park (Wikivoyage)
- GPS coordinates
- -34.35806, 18.47556Cape of Good Hope (Wikipedia)
Good to know
Three things to remember.
The baboons are used to people and often steal: hide your food and walk away facing them, without eye contact.
Table Mountain National Park (Wikivoyage)Cape Point entry is card-only, one payment per vehicle.
Rates & Entry Fees, Table Mountain National Park (SANParks)Cape Point’s first lighthouse, 238 m above the sea, dates from 1859.
Table Mountain National Park (Wikivoyage)
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Sources · 3 pages consulted, with the exact sentence used
- Cape of Good Hope (Wikipedia)
In fact, the southernmost point of Africa is Cape Agulhas about 150 kilometres (90 mi) to the east-southeast. […] the first modern rounding of the cape in 1487 by Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias […] Dias called the cape Cabo das Tormentas ('Cape of Storms') […] It is a section of the Table Mountain National Park, within which the cape of the same name, as well as Cape Point, falls. (coordinates -34.35806, 18.47556)
- Table Mountain National Park (Wikivoyage)
Table Mountain National Park consists of the greater Table Mountain chain on the peninsula, stretching from the well known Table Mountain behind Cape Town south to Cape Point. […] The first lighthouse, at 238 m above sea level, was built at Cape Point in 1859. […] The baboons are used to people and often steal objects from tourists. If a baboon approaches you, keep all food well hidden, and walk away facing the baboon but do not make eye contact.
- Rates & Entry Fees, Table Mountain National Park (SANParks)
Cape Point and Boulders Gates are a cash-free environment and we only accept payments via debit and credit cards. One payment per vehicle when entering at Cape Point – no individual payments per person are accepted.
Opening hours, prices and access conditions change: check them with the official source before you go. Viafro publishes no price without a source and a date.