The
Garden Route and Eastern Cape
offers a magnitude of Towns and routes
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Route Tours, Cape Country, Cape L'Agulhas
L'Agulhas,
South Africa, Garden Route....Portuguese
seafarers named Africa southern-most tip, "Needle
Cape" because here, their compass needle pointed
straight to the north with no deviation. An alternative
opinion says that the name stems from the ragged
and pointed reefs offshore.
As
the southernmost tip of the continent, Cape Agulhas
is also officially the point where the Atlantic
and Indian Ocean meet. The waters near the coast
are quite shallow and known as the best fishing
grounds in South Africa. They are called the "Agulhas
Bank" and it is less than 100 metres deep.
Only after 250 kilometres seawards, does it go steeply
down.
Cape
Agulhas is rough and storm-beaten. The many shipwrecks
here bear witness to the mighty storms in this region.
At low tide the wreck of the Meisho Maru looms from
the water.
The massive lighthouse, built in 1848, is worth
a visit. The lighthouse is still today, despite
the satellite navigation systems of modern vessels,
fully operational. The mighty lights have a range
of almost 60 kilometres. The tower can be visited.
Because
the coastal Fynbos vegetation is extraordinarily
rich and diverse, the Agulhas Plain was recently
declared a National Park . More than 2000 different
plants grow there, 100 of them are exclusive to
this area.
Neighbouring
Struisbaai is an old fishing village, founded in
the middle of the 19th century. Its harbour is still
active. The pretty white-washed fishermens houses,
the "Hotagterklip Cottages", have been
well restored. They are under monument protection
like the little thatched Anglican chapel, too.
Struisbaai's
main attraction is the 14 kilometre long sandy beach,
which has, in the last few years, attracted many
holidaymakers, mainly Afrikaans speakers from Cape
Town. The result is a number of holiday settlements.
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