Cape Agulhas, southernmost point of Africa - South Africa Travel Channel
Cape Agulhas in South Africa is the southernmost point of the African continent and about 150 km east of the Cape of Good Hope. The Cape marks the boundary between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.
The clash of warm and cold ocean currents often leads to violent waves and was feared by the seafarers. However, the lighthouse at Cape Agulhas has guided many ships safely around the Cape.
The coasts around Cape Agulhas are seen as one of the most feared ship graveyard in the world. On a length of 100 km one can find approx.140 shipwrecks, including the Brederrode of the Dutch East Indian Company (VOC) and the HMS Birkenhead.
However the wind and waves together with sunny beaches lends the countryside its own character, which is rounded off by beautiful sunsets.
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Kap Agulhas in Südafrika ist der südlichste Punkt des afrikanischen Kontinents und liegt ca. 150 km östlich des Kaps der Guten Hoffnung. Das Kap markiert die Grenze zwischen dem Atlantischen und Indischen Ozean.
Das Aufeinandertreffen von kalten und warmen Meeresströmungen führt oft zu heftigem Wellengang und war bei Seefahrern sehr gefürchtet. Jedoch hat der Leuchtturm am Kap Agulhas viele Schiffe sicher um das Kap geführt.
Die Küsten rund um Kap Agulhas gelten als einer der gefürchtetsten Schiffsfriedhöfe der Welt. Auf 100 km Länge sind ca. 140 Schiffswracks, darunter die Brederrode der Dutch East Indian Company (VOC) und die HMS Birkenhead, zu finden.
Dennoch verleiht der Wind und Wellengang, gepaart mit sonnigen Sandstränden, der Landschaft einen eigenen Charakter, der durch wunderschöne Sonnenuntergänge noch abgerundet wird.
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Cape Agulhas Lighthouse Tour
Cape Agulhas Lighthouse & Museum tour
The lighthouse was built to aid the early explorers on their passage of the rough seas off Cape Agulhas. Seventy-one steps lead up to the top of the second oldest working lighthouse in southern Africa. Stone mined from the adjacent limestone quarry provided the raw materials for its construction. The building also houses a unique lighthouse museum.
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Cape Agulhas lies near Struisbaai at South Africa's Overberg Coast in the Western Cape province.
Portuguese seafarers named Africa's 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. A boardwalk leads - along the beach - through the Agulhas National Park to the beacon at the tip of the continent - where - officially - the Atlantic and the Indian Ocean meet.
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.
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This is the first part of our web-series on the Epic horse trail we recently did from Stanford to Arniston and back, over 16 days.
In this video we travel from the starting point, Farm 215 in the Uilenkraal Valley, and we cross through pristine fynbos to Stanford, and then ride back along the Plaat, and through the dunes of Grootbos.
Come for a ride with us through some of South Africa's most awe inspiring landscapes on horseback - an intimate movement through space, where one is connected to the land through which one moves.
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L' Agulhas is the southernmost town in Africa and where the Atlantic and the Indian oceans meet.
Nearby towns and places to visit is Struisbaai, Arniston, Waenhuiskrans and Suiderstrand.
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Located at the southernmost tip of Africa, it's the third lighthouse to have been built in South Africa, and the second-oldest still operating, after Green Point.
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Here in Gansbaai we are lucky to be situated only an hour away from the southernmost tip of the African continent at Cape Agulhas. As well as being the southernmost tip of Africa, the International Hydrographic Organization have also determined the area the meeting point for the Indian and Atlantic Oceans.
Cape Agulhas offers spectacular scenery with a dramatic coastline and the unique fynbos vegetation found in the Western Cape. In addition, the area offers historical sites such as the Cape Agulhas Lighthouse (the second oldest working lighthouse in South Africa) and even the remains of the Meisho Maru shipwreck.
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