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ROAD TRIP ACROSS SOUTH AFRICA (4): Cape Town

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February 14th 2009
From Plett we went to Cape Town. We stopped at Hermanus for lunch. Hermanus is a small town which is famous for it’s whale viewing. The whales season between July and November. Southern Right Whales migrate from Antarctica to South Africa to give birth and mate. Hermanus even has a whale festival at the beginning of whale season. Even though the whale season was meant to have been over we were ... read more

Africa » South Africa » Western Cape » Cape Town

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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... ... read more