Cape Of Good Hope

Kommetjie & Cape Point

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February 28th 2011
We're staying at a B & B in Kommetjie Just outside of Cape town for 4 nights. On the way here we stopped at a beautiful beach at Betty's Bay and came across a colony of African Penguins. The Southern coast of Africa is just amazing with high cliffs to the sea and beautiful white beaches in between rocky outcrops. We went to Cape Point National Park which includes the Cape Of Good Hope for a ... read more

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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