Hike Africa: Cape Point

Cape Point's hiking trails are located in Table Mountain National Park, which sits on Africa's southwestern tip. This Cape Town park includes all of the famous mountain chain that majestically stretches from Signal Hill to Cape Point. One of the great things about this enormous national park is that there are only three points within it where patrons must pay conservation fees. These areas are the Cape of Good Hope, Silvermine, and Boulders. All of the other park areas are completely free for all visitors to enjoy.

For a nominal fee, hikers can have their treks portered, guided, and catered by professionals. The guides are all Hoerikwaggo natives who have never had any jobs before holding these positions. These guides are necessary because Table Mountain is primarily a wilderness. It possesses the potential to cause great harm for hikers who don't know what they are doing. Every year, there are hikers who tragically meet their ends by getting lost, falling off cliffs, or getting attacked by animals.

Trekkers can attempt four main trails. The first of these is the People's Trail. On average, it takes two days and one night to hike the entire fifteen kilometers of this trail. The second trail is the Table Mountain Hiking Trail. It usually takes about three days and two nights to hike the twenty-five and a half kilometers the steep inclines of this trail. The third trail, Orangekloof, takes six days to hike. The final trail, Top to Tip, also takes around six Days to cross.

was called Table Mountain, the mountain of the sea of the original inhabitants of the area is a UNESCO World Heritage Site Cape Floral Kingdom and home to many interesting and unique flora and fauna. In fact, the Cape Floral Kingdom has more indigenous varieties of plants than any other region in the world equal. About sixty-six percent of the nearly ten thousand species of plants in Cape Floral Kingdom can be found nowhere else on the planet. L 'most beautiful of these species may be the unique orchids, like the gorgeous red disa, that can be seen on hikes.

Cape Point is also home to a diverse collection of wild animals. Hikers are likely to see porcupines, cape foxes, polecats, tenets, leopard toads, molerats, hippos, reptiles, cape fur seals, cape clawless otters, and various forms of sea life. Many of these creatures can be spectacular to observe, but very dangerous to engage. It is recommended that hikers do not bother them.

Cape Point is a wild and amazing place to do some good hiking.