Cape Point is situated within the Southern section of Table Mountain National Park, the Cape of Good Hope entrance.
The Table Mountain National Park (TMNP) encompasses the incredibly scenic Table Mountain Chain stretching from Signal Hill in the north to Cape Point in the south and the seas and coastline of the peninsula. The narrow finger of land with its beautiful valleys, bays and beaches is surrounded by the waters of the Atlantic Ocean in the west and the warmer waters of False Bay and has within its boundaries two world-renowned landmarks - majestic Table Mountain and the legendary Cape of Good Hope.
The Park is recognised globally for its extraordinarily rich, diverse and unique fauna and flora - with rugged cliffs, steep slopes and sandy flats - is a truly remarkable natural, scenic, historical, cultural and recreational asset both locally and internationally. Nowhere else in the world does an area of such spectacular beauty and such rich bio-diversity exist almost entirely within a metropolitan area - the thriving and cosmopolitan city of Cape Town.
Since 2004, it also forms part of the Cape Floral World Heritage Site made up of eight protected areas, covering 553,000-ha. The Cape Floral Region is one of the richest areas for plants in the world. It represents less than 0.5% of the area of Africa but is home to nearly 20% of the continent’s flora. The site displays outstanding ecological and biological processes associated with the Fynbos vegetation, which is unique to the Cape Floral Region. The outstanding diversity, density and endemism of the flora are among the highest worldwide. Unique plant reproductive strategies, adaptive to fire, patterns of seed dispersal by insects, as well as patterns of endemism and adaptive radiation found in the flora are of outstanding value to science. More info on www.whc.unesco.org
TMNP manages the Buffelsfontein Visitor Centre where visitors are treated to a wealth of artifact displays, and audiovisual presentations. Well researched and beautifully laid out information material will interpret all aspects of the area's natural and cultural wealth for you.
The Centre is manned by staff and volunteers seven days a week from 08:00 to 17:00.
Contact:
(+27) (0) 21 780 9204 for further information on the Park.
The Cape of Good Hope is located at 34°21'29"S, 18°28'19"E. It is at the south-west corner of the Cape Peninsula, about 2.3 kilometres (1.4 mi) west and a little south of Cape Point on the south-east corner.
As of late 2007, TMNP will be offering guided trails from Cape Point to Table Mountain. Part of the Hoerikwaggo™ Trails, this Top to Tip Trail will be for those who enjoy a challenging hike but want to be pampered in the evenings. The guided six-day trail leads hikers from Table Mountain to Cape Point with luxury, indoor accommodation. The trail will be portered and catered. TMNP are still finalising the routes and accommodation. Please check back later for more details.
