Hout Bay

Peninsula Tour

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August 25th 2016
Geo: -33.916, 18.4222Our first day of the organized tours we booked. Headed south to Hout Bay. Over Chapman's Peak drive to Fish Hoek. Continued to Simons Town to see penguins. Called "Jackass" because they sound like donkeys. (You can't everything up!). Then to the Cape. We have now been to both Cape Horn (South America) and now Cape of Good Hope (Africa). Not too many p ... 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