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4 unusual facts about Cape Point


Cape Point

The Flying Dutchman Funicular runs from a car park to the north up to slightly below the level of the old lighthouse and a short flight of steps leads to a viewing platform around the base of the lighthouse.

Cape Siskin

There is a recent record of a nest in an artificial structure, the old lighthouse at Cape Point.

SAS Umkhonto

In 1982, the SAS Emily Hobhouse was part of a submarine officer commanding course exercise occurring 80 miles off Cape Point on 17 February.

Smithichthys fucorum

Smithichthys fucorum, the Leafy klipfish, is a species of clinid found along the coast of South Africa from Cape Point to the Bashee River.


Coastal and offshore rowing

This has taken place mainly on False Bay from the naval base at Simon's Town, but there have also been regular outings to bodies of water elsewhere in the region, including the Berg and Breede Rivers, Langebaan and Hermanus lagoons, and the Atlantic ocean in the vicinity of Cape Point.

Peninsula Ultra Fun Run

The route runs from Cape Point to Red Hill Pass, through the Simon's Town Water Catchment Area to Black Hill, via Ou Kaapse Weg across Fish Hoek Valley to Silvermine Nature Reserve, through Tokai Forest Plantation and the Vlakkenberg footpath to Constantia Nek, over Table Mountain to the summit at Maclear's Beacon (1,086 metres above sea level), then down Platteklip Gorge to Kloofnek, via Signal Hill to Granger Bay.


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