Photos from Cape of Good Hope, Western Cape, South Africa, Africa - page 4

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by the lighthouse.

lots of penguins.

a very sleepy penguin.

Ostrich, antelope, you name it.

African entertainers during dinner.

Baby penguins

Study of an African penguin

Dancers at the entrance to the penguin colony,Simonstown

Gretchen at the world famous sign for the true position of the most south western point of Africa

The man in sandals struggling down the hill

The path ahead

Was this the bird that swooped on Gretchens baguette?

The funicular on its way up

There wasn't a lot of colour in the flora but this one stood out

Looking towards the tip of the cape

Looking back to the car and bus park

The Cape of Good Hope lighthouse

The steps and path ahead to the lighthouse

Aloe plants on the steps to the lighthouse

Gretchen taking in the white sandy beach below

Housing on a hillside

Coastline heading south to the Cape of Good Hope

Taking a photo

Botebok

This guy just wandering along by himself

Cape Point vineyard

Vineyard sunset

More ostriches

Ostriches

I see them

Venus pool

Whale

Those lazy beach days

Grooming

Yep

Come here

Hey

Baboon on the beach

Baboon and ostriches

Ostriches

Lunch

Lunch

Bunker

Light house keeper's walk

Colours of the Cape

Far from hone

New lighthouse

Let's go for a walk

Fun in the funicular

Obligatory tourist shot

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Brief history of South Africa

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After the British seized the Cape of Good Hope area in 1806, many of the Dutch settlers (the Boers) trekked north to found their own republics. The discovery of diamonds (1867) and gold (1886) spurred wealth and immigration and intensified the subjug...more history

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