Go to the caution of good hope. Cape of Good Hope - features of geographic location, photo and description

Excursion to the edge of the earth! Whether it's not a dream!

For a long time it was believed that Good Hope - South point of Africa. It was opened in 1488 by the Portuguese navigator Bartolome Diasha di Novaish. In search of a sea route to India Bartolome with his team of Africa enveloped. Once in the strongest storm, ships wandered for several days in the ocean, and then stumbled upon Cape. In memory of the storm, the navigator called him a cape of storms.

Soon, thanks to the king of Portugal Zhuan II, the cape received a different name - a cape of good hope.

Cape of good hope is the extreme point of the southwestern part of Africa. Its accurate coordinates are indicated on the plate installed before the cape. Tourists are constantly going near her.

A little bit from him is Cape Cape Point - a favorite place of coming due to the powerful, height of 240 m above the level, lighthouse. The lighthouse with the name "Cape of Good Hope" was built on Cape Point back in 1857. Currently, it is not valid, but tourists on the funicular or on foot can rise to the viewing platform located at an altitude of 200 m, from where a beautiful panoramic view opens.

If you look closely, it can be seen from the height, as the capes of the Indian and Atlantic oceans are connected. Different shades water merges together. On the coast are equipped sand beacheswhere you can relax big company or retire.

Not far from the Cape of Good Hope there is a famous among lovers active rest Beach Diaz Beach. Surifers are attracted to high waves, divers - numerous sunken ships, and adventure seekers hope to see the legendary "Flying Dutchman."

On the way to Cape of Good Hope from Cape Town on the territory of more than 7 thousand hectares, the sophisticated nature reserve was spread. There are more than 1,000 plant species, including endemics. In the impassable thickets of the nature reserve grows artichokes, the flower of which is the symbol of South Africa.

More than 250 species of birds and many animals live here: Cannes's antelope, zebra, bearish bavians, cheetahs, lynxes, mangone, similar to lizard crocodiles. And next door to them, Penguins and sea seals live. IN winter time And in the spring, the southern whales swim near the cape of good hope.

How to get to the cape of good hope:

• from Moscow to Cape Town with a transfer in Munich, London or Dubai, where to get to the cape in 4 hours. The road by car runs around the terrain filled with wonderful landscapes, so the time flies imperceptibly.

For your convenience, the company EXELSELS organizes individual tours To the caution of good hope with departure from Moscow.

Probably there is not a single person in the world who would not know the name of the very famous Cape Planet Earth, Cape of Good Hope. When you hear this name, a bright picture arises before your eyes - the raging ocean, a ship with brave navigators and a shout of a jungle: "Earth, Earth!". And, of course, we could not go around attention. signal place. One day was decided to devote to the journey to the caution of good hope, and at the same time, to visit.

In the direction of the Cape of Good Hope we.
The name went from the assistant captain from one English vessel who arrived here in 1607 for exploration of the area. Entering the bay, the captain sent John Chepmen to the mountain to inspect the surroundings. He left and disappeared. After waiting for several hours, the captain decided that his messenger was quite possibly crashed in the mountains, and for some reason he gave an order to prophet. Already when leaving the bay, the sailors noticed the signals of Chepmen, who rushed down to the ocean. The ship sent a boat, pick up a person, and the place was called the name of Cepmen. After the First World War, the road was laid on the sheer cliffs. Open since 1922, she became one of the attractions of Cape Town

Views that open from this road can be evaluated by going in.

The Cape of Good Hope Reserve, where we are going, takes the whole extreme part of the peninsula. Antelopes, zebras, ostrises, and monkeys are freely walking on more than 7,700 hectares; More than 1100 species of plants grows. All nature is guarded, so you can not get anything with you, the flowers do not tear, monkeys do not feed.

Entrance to the reserve is paid. On the territory of the reserve you can spend the whole day that local with pleasure and do, come here for a weekend and walk in nature, sunbathe and bathe, fish. On the territory is quite safe.

Probably, this is the most visited tourist space in South Africa. The legendary cape of good hope for a long time was considered the southwestern point of Africa, until the scientists have determined that this point is from it 1.5 km in a straight line and this point is Cape Point. Here is such a pun, the point is a point.))

Tourists usually visit both places at once - Cape of Good Hope, and the Southwestern Part of Africa, Cape Point.

Among the tourists are very colorful.

You can drive up on the car along the road along the Ocean, and you can go through wooden packers, which are laid by beautiful beachwho wears the name "God's Beach".

230 steps of steep staircase lead to this beach. But it is worth it. Snow-white sand, like a bounty and two famous capes at the edges of the beach. Incredibly beautiful place.

Representatives of the local fauna, funny lizards will get sick on wooden carriages.

At cape can be climbed by the rocky path and admire the views that open from there.
Interestingly, much less tourists go to the cape of good hope than to Cape Point. Probably, they do not want to bother themselves with a two-kilometer walk in the mountains.

In vain. It is very beautiful in here.

But not everyone is afraid of difficulties.

To the cape point and the lighthouse can be climbed onto the funicular or on a well-maintained staircase, admiring the Cape of Good Hope and beautiful species on the national Park. I, as always, chose to climb on foot. The husband decided that one cape was enough and better he would spend this time on the beach.)

The road to Cape Point goes up, to the old lighthouse - the highest seabed lighthouse in South Africa. When they built, thought: the higher the better, it will be more visible. It turned out not quite so. A year to 900 hours, the lighthouse is closed with dense low clouds, while at the ocean level visibility can remain beautiful. Near the coast under the surface of the water, the rock is hiding, which ships on cloudy nights have repeatedly broken. The lighthouse continued to shine in the fog, but was invisible. After the wreck of Portuguese dry cargo "Lusitania" (the ancient name of Portugal), built a new lighthouse in sixty meters above the water. Old turned into an observation platform where it goes railway. The trails are departed from above for those who want to go along the rocks on the edge of the cape, where the new lighthouse is seen and the remains of the radar plants of the Second World War.

Of course, I rose to the lighthouse.

Even despite not the season, tourists near him had a huge amount. And it was the first time in South Africa, when I heard Russian speech. A group of Russian tourists arrived on the excursion.

Well, a minimum program, a photo of a lighthouse and surroundings, I performed.

And, of course, I went further, where the leg of a lazy tourist did not go, to the edge of the rock, under which the second, little lighthouse was built.
The heat already thoroughly got me, but the Russians do not give up to put the point on their tourist map I wanted, because it is impossible to consider a big lighthouse if the current Cape Point is 1.5 kilometers along the rocks.

And here, cheers! I stand at Cape Cape Point and ahead - Ocean and Antarctica.

Although the merge of the Indian and Atlantic Oceans is at Cape Igall (Cape Agulhas), it is believed that two currents merge precisely in the area of \u200b\u200bCape of Good Hope. The warm current of Agullas (Agulhas), coming from the east to the West, comes to the Cape Peninsula, where it dries. From the south to the north, the flow of Bengela (Benguela) is moving. In itself, the course is not cold, but its effect on the temperature of the water is associated with the process of displacement of the upper layers of water. Due to this, on the one side of the peninsula, the water temperature is always a couple of degrees differ from the water temperature to another. From the lighthouse even it seems that you can see the difference in the color of water. The boundaries, as such, no - water and water. I don't care what to look for the place of combination of whiskey with soda in a glass. Standing on the top of the peninsula and looking into the open ocean in the south, feel the edge of the world. Further - only Antarctica, although it is more than 4500 km. And under the legs - on the one hand, the cold water of the Atlantic, on the other, the bay called false (False Bay). There, water is warmer, due to the flow from the Indian Ocean, and along it is the most popular beaches of the city. The name of the bay appeared in the portuguese. It is so wide that the opposite shore is not visible in foggy weather, and the impression of the open ocean is created.

I descend from the lighthouse down where we meet with your husband. And we go to the local souvenir shop. Quite a decent range.
It was surprised that there was no cafe nearby. Tourists have a huge amount, probably, many after the lift to the mountain, would be happy to sat at the table overlooking the ocean and the cape of good hope. But neither a cafe nor some kind of food shop was nearby.

While we walked along the packed to the cute birds, met with a close relative ... Elephant. She was sitting on the railing and even a little bit at us.

Full impressions, we returned home. But before Cape, we could not stop. It was the last time we could look at the panorama of the city.

And at home, in a small kindergarten, we were waiting for other representatives of the animal world of Africa.

The evening came, and then the sky was cleared and the night showed us constellations that people never see people living on a hemisphere.
That's all, it's time to say goodbye to the Cape Peninsula.
Tomorrow we are leaving. We are waiting for the southernmost point of Africa.

Immediately let's say that the cape of good hope is not the southernmost point of Africa. But it is definitely the most famous on all its southern coast.
In the era of great geographical discoveries (since the end of the 15th century), ships, rich continent, first changed the course, turning east towards the Indian Ocean, it was here. Therefore, people considered this Cape the southernmost. Since then, science stepped forward and clarified that in fact the needle's cape, located 150 km south-east, should be considered the southernmost point of the mainland. A cape of good hope is honorary title of the southwestern point of the African continent.

Cape of Good Hope on the map

• Geographic coordinates -34.357890, 18.475453
• Distance from the capital of South Africa Pretoria about 1340 km
• Distance to the closest international Airport Cape Town about 45km

An interesting fact - in South Africa there are 3 capitals. Pretoria is the official capital of the state. But here is the parliament in Cape Town, and the Supreme Court in Bloemfontein. And these cities are also called the capitals. This is explained as follows: At the beginning of its formation, South Africa was a confederation, which included 3 territories - the South African Republic (Pretoria), the ownership of Britain (Cape Town), and a country with a very exotic name Orange Free State (Bloemfontein). In the formation of South Africa, it was decided to distribute the authorities for these cities evenly.

Let's go back to the caution of good hope. Initially, he called the cape of storms. And no accident.
The history of the name of the name is:
Europeans were looking for a seaway to India. To this end, in the middle of the past millennium, expedition went from Portugal. And in 1488, Captain Bartolomeo Diash first regenened this cape. But it was not possible to get to India to India, since the team was tired and raised the riot. Diash was forced to turn back. On the way back in the area of \u200b\u200bCape, I was storm. The ship and his team fell pretty. The sailor did not invent the original name, calling the rocky protrusion just Cape Sturge. A little later, the King of Portugal Juan II decided to rename him into the causta of good hope, rightly believing that such a name would not only disagree other sailors, but also give them hope for a quick completion of the way.

The king's initiative was justified. Already in 1497, Vasco-da Gama paved the way from the old light to India. The expedition was successful, and since then, the name of the Cape of Good Hope has been firmly consolidated for this rocky protrusion. This route began to use many nauticals.

Yes, of course, the souls of the sailors overwhelmed the hope when approaching this caulation, because the big half of the way behind. Joy spreaded on behalf of the team. But no matter how an amazing and fasculating look did not attract attention to the Cape of Good Hope, it is quite dangerous for navigators. Storms and storms are quite a normal phenomenon for local places. Until now, in the surrounding waters you can see about three dozen sunken ships.

To facilitate navigation in 1857, a lighthouse was built by a height of 238 meters above sea level. But he was too high, and sometimes the clouds and fog and closed it completely.

After the next shipwreck of 1911, it was decided to transfer a lighthouse. From 1913 to 1919, the lighthouse was built elsewhere and not so high. The new lighthouse rises above the sea level by only 87 meters. But it can be seen from the distance more than 60 km. This is the most powerful lighthouse on the whole southern coast of Africa. Since then, the sea route in the area of \u200b\u200bCape has become significantly safer.

There is an interesting misunderstanding. After the fact of ships, passing from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean, the Cape Cape Point is enveloped, located a little further. But it was the Cape of Good Nadezhda that enjoys worldwide glory.

Behind Cape Cape Point is located the cozy Falsbai Bay, similar to Hawaiian Khanauma Bay. There is a beautiful beach, washed by the warmth of the Indian Ocean.

Excellent beaches on the border of two oceans, fascinating views of the surroundings, a variety of flora and fauna in the area of \u200b\u200bthe Cape of Good Hope attract a huge number of tourists here.

Cape of Good Hope in Photos

Something I am for the affairs, I completely forgot to continue the story about the trip to South Africa.
I'm fixed.

So. Going around the most neighboring way, blowing with, meeting New Year In a crowded crowd on the embankment, early in the morning of January 1, we found the strength in themselves to boot into the car and go to meet the hopes.
Rather, one hope. But very kind.
Namely to the caution of good hope.

What were these heroic efforts and why did you need to go early in the morning?
Yes, because in the afternoon, such a number of people rushes there, that all hopes can be profiled standing in an infinite traffic jam.

Cape of good hope is located on the Cape Peninsula, a little south of Cape Town.
And here it often arises a small confusion. For there is a geographical point - directly Cape of Good Hope.
Wherees besides hope there is nothing.
And there is - Cape Point, where there is a lighthouse called "Cape of Good Hope." There are also all sorts of souvenir shops, cafes and in general boils life. So many are limited to arrival in this place.

We, as real travelers, decided to land at the Cape of Good Hope. And then go to the lighthouse.
What was originally an idea in both places to go on the car. But I looked at the map categorically stated that you need to walk.
Who would doubt that.

Cape in the morning of January first was surprisingly deserted. And the ocean raded the eye with insane color.

By the way, forgive my geographical critinism, I never remembered, what was the ocean.

However, coastline The continent here first turns to the east, opening the passage from the Atlantic Ocean towards Indian.
So we will consider it a mix of two oceans.

Cape of Good Hope is not the most southern point of Africa. But in order to give this place to some status, and the expectation of tourists is the meaning, he was appointed the southwestern point of the continent.
What was installed a memorial plate.

Everything. There is nothing more on Cape.
Therefore, without lingering for a long time, we went along the walkway along the coast past the bizarre rocks to Cape Point.

UNO, he can be seen away.

Wind, cliffs fighting about the cliffs of the waves - this place would be much more in the original name - Cape Sturge.
For when the storm rages here, it is not particularly not worthy what.
But the story, as you know, are creating optimists. Therefore, the cape got this name.

From the Cape of Good Hope to Mayak, you can walk for forty minutes. But we did not chase the records.
They walked, strands on the sides, constantly stopped to take a picture or capture the next impressive look.
So the walk stretched over two hours.

Approximately in the middle of the road there is a completely charming beach, where it is necessary to descend.

Of course we descended there, wandered.
And Pasha, despite icewater and huge waves, it seems even redeemed.
Well, Pasha he is generally crazy.
At the top of the mountain, the lion's head, literally bought on "weakly" took and stood in the bar for five minutes.
Five minutes! Before that, he did not even know what a plank is.

However, I was distracted. We are on the beach.

On a very romantic beach. Won someone even laid out of algae.

By the way, personally for me was the discovery that one of the most terrible and romantic legends is associated with Cape of Good Hope.

Know what?
I did not know - the legend of the flying Dutchman. Somewhere here he is furious ocean waves.

However, when walking along the picturesque paths on a sunny day, the least you think about any territory stories.

From parking to the lighthouse you can climb in a small trailer.
But then you can pass by Pavians.

Not that I loved the baboons so much. Rather, on the contrary. Of all the representatives of the monkey, they are also pretty for me.
But, as you know, the commandment commandment, if the Pavian is, it needs to be watching.

Or not needed, I thought, nurses, what the father's dad does, while mom nurses with children.

However, seeing that I was photographing it, he somehow confused quickly, threw his affairs and closed his paws.

But the impression of communication with the beautiful animal of the world was somehow sortied.
I had to go straight to the lighthouse natural beauty Level moral damage.

Lighthouse, like a lighthouse. Nothing special.
Near traditional for tourist places Rack with distances to different settlements.
Such things put, apparently to hit the tourist - Eka far climbed. But for some reason, this does not touch any string of my gentle soul.

It is much more interesting to encourage some old buildings to go on the edge of the Earth.

At least there you can take a photo from the "Edge of Light" series.

I already had such a photo from a geographical point. Here's straight under the name of the head of the light.
It is located on the island of Shikotan on Kurilla. In my opinion there is much more picturesque, but here is the case of taste.

After long walks, it's time to eat.
So, time waiting for everyone to be gather, I raised for the pizza, which I tried to be brazenly to take away very harmful birds.
That's straight very brazenly behaved.

And I also sent a postcard.
The postcard never came. Apparently lost :(

When I converted everything and almost bored, I finally found all the others and joyfully reported that the plans changed.
Our cunning plan concluded that Misha will come by car on the lighthouse, takes a second driver with him, they will quickly drive into the Cape for the second car, and we will all go home, failed with a crash. As it usually happens with shiny plans.

It turned out that there was such a traffic jam on the lighthouse, there are two hours. So Misha did not go beyond us.
Vika with arsion left for some extraneous car to us.

Well, we went back on foot to good hope. Straight as a flying Dutchman, wandering around the seas without rest.

Apparently I wanted to let us release us just like that.
But now, with a sense of accomplishment, we could definitely say that the cape of good hope along and across.

Well, what else do you need to be real tramps?

Cape of Good Hope (Cape of Good Hope) is famous for the fact that for a long time the southernmost point of Africa. Then they calculated that the most southernmost point of the continent is the needle (Cape Agulhas), removed from the Cape of Good Hope per one and a half hundred Wurst to southeast.

But Nobody's Cape Nobody knows, and the cape of good hope entered all the school textbooks of geography, he is associated with the Epoch of the Great Geographic discoveries, It is he who seeks to see hundreds of thousands of tourists and travelers from around the world.

Sasha Mitrahovich 06.04.2016 08:56

It is known that the first of the Europeans saw this African Cape of Good Hope in 1488 Bartolomeo Diash, the famous Portuguese commander of the era of great geographical discoveries.

Expedition Bartolomeo Diash was tasked - find the sea route to India around Africa. Before India, Diash did not reach, but became the first European, who heated Africa from the south. Indirectly, the terrible storms helped him in this, for several days of his ships. When the storms stych, who lost the orientation, Diash went to the north and on February 3, 1488 burst into the coast, which "turned" to the northeast.

So it was opened the way in Indian Ocean. Diash was forced to give up the requirements of the rebeling team and did not go on. On the way back, he saw this Cape speaking in the sea, who called for himself a cape of storms, for cruel storms were constantly played in this place.

This "working" name Diash voiced on returning to Portugal in his report to King Juan II. But His Majesty was wise and far-sighted. He decided that it was not good to leave such a harsh name for the turning point, which offers a straight sea road to India. And he suggested calling this place to Cape of Good Hope. Or at the Portuguese Cabo de Boa Esperanca.

Cape has justified its name. In 1497, the Expedition of Vasco Da Gama reincut the cape of good hope and reached the cherished coast of India!

Sasha Mitrahovich 06.04.2016 09:01

Today is the territory of the Cape Province of the Republic of South Africa. Nearest big city Cape Town. The Cape of Good Hope itself is the national pride and tourist attraction of South Africa. It is organically entered into a national park or a reserve with the same name "Cape of Good Hope" or in English "Cape of Good Hope".

As already mentioned, the cape of good hope is not only not the southernmost, but not the southwestern point of Africa. The southwestern point itself is a completely inconspicuous protrusion of Cape Point in the semisal meters. And it was on it that a lighthouse was installed with the name "Cape of Good Hope." AND viewpointWhere all tourists make their memorable pictures.

And the Cape of Good Hope is installed with the title and the exact coordinates and the inscription "Southern-West Point of Africa."

The location of the Cape of Good Hope on the World Map:

Sasha Mitrahovich 06.04.2016 09:04

You can get to Cape of Good Hope, located on the Cape Peninsula, can be from Cape Town. The road on the car will take about four hours. The time will pass unnoticed, because on the way you will be found a very beautiful area: Savannah, on which ostheses roam, antelopes, baboons and other animals, mountains, reserve.

Cape of Good Hope is the most extreme southwestern point of Africa. It is impossible to make mistakes, since this fact confirms scientists, and the inscription with the exact coordinates installed on the site before the cape. But the capita peninsula in this place reaches its most southern point and, leaving towards the north, breaks with Cape Cape Point.

Excursions to the Cape of Good Hope

Usually, the excursions to the caulation of good hope include visiting the reserve, as well as the shores with a picguin of penguins. We will tell you about several places that you should see. On the coast of False Bay Bay, or the "fake bay", a winding road is laid in the mountains. It can be reached by the town of Simonstown, where the British Royal Fleet had previously been based.

The coast of the Cape of Good Hope has its own characteristics. For example, on the western side, the climate is softer, there are beaches, sandy shores, the atmosphere of silence and tranquility. In the east, be warmer, but strong winds blowing, which prevent swimming and enjoying landscapes. On this part of the coast, not everyone risks swim, tourists prefer to just sit on the shore and breathe the ocean air.

Of great interest among travelers causes the island of the sea cattle. Its area is just 4 square kilometers - a small for the island, and he leads his stormy history from the 17th century. The fact is that for three centuries there was a prison here, military base and hospital. And it was on this island that the fighter for freedom freedom and the future president of South Africa Nelson Mandela served. In 1999, the island became the UNESCO World Heritage Site. A museum has opened, telling about the history of the country. Tourists can visit the prison courtyard and cameras.

You can get to the island on the ferry, which every day until 15:00 walks from the Wonderfront. On average, the excursion is designed for 3.5-4 hours.

Sasha Mitrahovich 06.04.2016 09:25