Cape of Horns
Bontebok of the Cape Point
Near extinction of bontebok in South Africa
Bontebok were once so numerous in the Cape that the first colonists considered them to be pests. The wanton slaughter of the animals eventually decimated the population. By the mid-1920s, there were less than 20 bontebok in the Cape.
Thebe Tourism Group is a 100%-owned subsidiary of Thebe Investment Corporation. Formed in 2001, the group is the oldest black-empowered South African tourism group and has a significant portfolio in tourism and related industries ranging from tourism attractions (like Cape Point), inbound and outbound tourism, group travel and car rental.
We’ve put together a series of 12 podcasts to bring the myths, legends and true stories of Cape Point to you, wherever you are.
*Listen to the Cape of Storms podcast here.
The Shipwrecks of Cape Point
When he rounded Cape Point in 1580, the great English explorer Sir Francis Drake famously described it as “A most stately thing and the fairest Cape in the whole circumference of the Earth.”
*Due to unforeseen circumstances, the re-opening of the funicular has been postponed to Thursday 24 August. We apologise for the inconvenience.
It’s time for the Flying Dutchman Funicular’s makeover, and unfortunately, for this hardworker to look shiny and new again, we have to keep it off the tracks for a while.
The funicular will be out of operation from the 7 to 20 August 2017.
What will you be doing for your 67 minutes this Mandela Day? Here are some simple ideas to get you started.
Cape of Migrants
The Story of Buffelsfontein Farm
Land of strandlopers and lime
The jagged rocks and cliffs of Cape Point may look dangerous and inhospitable to modern visitors who feel the waves battering the cliffs and smell the spray of the salt in the air, but for our Early Stone Age ancestors that lived on the southern tip of the African continent 600,000 years ago, it was a paradise.
We’ve put together a series of 12 podcasts to bring the myths, legends and true stories of Cape Point to you, wherever you are.
Once again we’re bringing the heat with our mid-year specials (1 July to 30 September 2017) where two kids (aged 6 -16) ride free on the Flying Dutchman Funicular when an adult return ticket is bought for R65.
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