African Penguins at Boulders Beach

The season is changing, there is a definite nip in the air, and rain squalls seem to be the flavour of the moment. What better thing to do in such weather than take a family trip to Boulders Beach to see the African Penguins (well, if you are a from the north of England, rain showers and temperatures in the low teens is considered to be a corker of a bank holiday- head to t...
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Stranded At Cape Point- What To Do If You Break Down In A Nature Reserve

A recent family trip to Cape Point Nature Reserve nearly ended in disaster, simply because we didn’t know what to do when we had car trouble. So I thought that I would write a post so that in a similar situation you can avoid the same problems. My sister visited me recently. It was her first visit to Cape Town and so naturally we were keen to show her all the great places in...
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Cape Point Chronicle- what it is all about?

This is my first post to this new resource for the Cape Peninsula and I would like to take a few moments to explain to you what this site is all about. I love living in this area, and actually start to feel homesick if I spend too much time on the other side of the mountain: and I have every right to feel that way since I chose this area to live in, having not being born any...
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