"It lies at the foot of an enormous wall, which reaches into the clouds, and makes a most imposing barrier. Cape Town is a great inn, on the great highway to the east". - Charles Darwin
Land of the Khoisan. Europeans arrived in 1652 when Jan van Riebeeck of the Dutch East India Company based in The Netherlands set up a halfway point for ships travelling to the East. Portuguese explorers arrived i
n the Cape in the 15th Century. Cape Town has a climate similar to that of California and the Mediterranean. Winter starts in May and ends in September and is generally a wet and windy season. Temperatures are cool and end to range between 7°C (45°F) and 17°C (63°F). Summer lasts from November to March and temperatures range between 19°C (66°F) and 35°C (95°F). The summer season is usually hot and sunny. It can be windy, but it doesn’t bring much rain. Kaap die Goeie Hoop- Cape Of Good Hope
The Southern Tip of Africa is littered with the wrecks of over 140 ships that met their violent end along its tempestuous coastline. Thousands of lives and precious cargoes have been lost in its raging storms and ravenous waters. Gail force winds and strong ocean currents join forces to create rouge waves 30 meters (100ft) high. These terrifying conditions combined with treacherous reefs, inaccurate maps and primitive navigational technology often proved too overwhelming for the sea-weary crews of yesteryear, throwing their vessels onto the jagged rocks like cheap toys and scattering them onto a wild and alien shore.
