I-Cape Point ayiyona ndawo ekusezantsi eAfrika. Le ntlonelo iya kwiCape Agulhas encinane engaziwayo, malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-150/250 ukuya empuma. Idla ngokuqhelekileyo njengento apho ama-Oceans aseAtlantic naseNdiya ahlangana ngayo ngokusemthethweni; kodwa ngokwenene, ii-Agulhas kunye neBenguela zamanzi zidibanisa phakathi kwezinye iiCape, kwindawo eguquka ngexesha. Nangona kunjalo, ngelixa iCape Point ingeyona ndawo iphakamileyo, yona nto ibhetele-abathandwa ngabantu baseMzantsi Afrika kunye neendwendwe ngokufanayo.
Ngokungafani neCape Agulhas, kulula ukuyifumana kwaye ifumaneke ngokumangalisayo.
Imbali yoPhando
I-Cape Point i-0.7 iekhilomitha / iikhilomitha eziyi-1.2 empuma yeCape of Good Hope, kwaye kunye ndawonye bobabini babe yi-Cape Peninsula. Umqhubi wasePortugal uBartolomeu Dias wabizwa ngokuba yi-peninsula yeCape of Storms xa wayehamba ngomkhumbi ngo-1488, waba ngowokuqala waseYurophu ukujikeleza umzantsi weAfrika. Kwiminyaka elishumi kamva, omnye umqhubi wasePortugal ogama lakhe linguVasco da Gama walandela ezinyathelo zakhe, efumanisa indlela eya elwandle eya eNdiya naseMpumalanga Ekude kwinkqubo. IsiPutukezi uKohn John II wabiza kwakhona i-peninsula iCabo da Boa Esperança ( iCape of Good Hope) ngozuko lobutyebi obuthethelwa yindlela entsha yokuhweba.
Izikhukhula zaseCape Point zithintela ubomi babanqwelisi abaninzi, kwaye umlando unalo ukuba uqhutywe yiFlying Dutchman , umkhumbi womoya uthi uhambe ngolo hlobo lolwandle ukusuka ngo-1641. Ngomnye umxholo webali le nqanawa, uCaptain Hendrik van der Decken Wayezimisele ukwenzela ukujikeleza iKapa yeeNqwelomoya kwiindlala ezinzima awafunga ukuba uya kuzizama ukuba zithatha ixesha elide.
Kwesinye, uyazibetha kwivili, ufunga uThixo ngokwakhe akayi kumbuyisela aze aqhube ingelosi. Amakhulu eenqanawa ngokudlulela kwiminyaka ayifumene nemiboniso, ngakumbi ngexesha lemozulu embi.
Iintlobo eziHlangayo kunye neFowuni
Namhlanje, i-Cape Peninsula ihamba ngezantsi ukusuka eKapa malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-47 / iikhilomitha ezingama-75 kwaye idume ngokuba neyona ndawo enhle kakhulu eNingizimu Afrika.
Kulo phulo, iCape Point inxalenye yeCape of Good Hope Indawo yokuHlala kweNdalo, okuyiyonxalenye yePhepha yeSizwe yeTable Table. Le ndawo ihlaselwa yizilwanyana zasendle, kwaye idume ngokugqithiseleyo ngamanye amaxhoba ayo (kwaye ngamanye amaxesha ayesabisa). Ezinye izilwanyana ezibonwa rhoqo ziquka i-zebra yeentaba, i-hartebeest, i-intland, i-kudu, i-ostriches kunye ne-rock hyraxes.
Eyaziwa nangokuthi i-dassies, i-rock hyraxes yizilwanyana ezincinci ezisemhlabeni ezinjenge-guinea-pigs. Nangona ubukhulu babo buncipha kunye nokubonakala kwazo, i-elephant. Ukuhamba kweendawo ezininzi zeCape Point kunye neendlela zokujikeleza nazo zikhonza njengeparadesi yeparadesi , enika ithuba lokubona iintlobo ezingaphezu kwezi-250 ezahlukileyo. Ipaki inxalenye yendawo yesiCwangciso seFloral, iNdawo yeLifa leMveli le-UNESCO. Yimvelaphi yezityalo, kunye neentlobo ezili-1,100 zezityalo ezibandakanya iintlobo ezininzi ze-fynbos ezintle.
Inkqantosi yaseCape Point enqabileyo yelitye inika neyona nto ibonakalisa intlanzi-ijongene nelwandle. AmaDonphins, amanqanawa aseCape kunye nama-penguins aseAfrika kulula ukubona ngamehlo aqinileyo okanye iindidi ezilungileyo zebinoculars, ngoxa iinyanga zasebusika (ngoJuni-Novemba) zivakalisa ukuqala kwexesha lokubukela i-whale .
Abo bachitha ihafu yesixa okanye ezimbini kwiindawo ezinxweme zaseCape Point baya kuvuzwa ngumbono we-humpback kunye namanqatha okumazantsi angasemaphandleni abhukuda ekuhambeni kwabo ngonyaka.
Cape Point Iinkonzo
Kukho izindlu ezimbini zokukhanya kwiCape Point. Ephakamileyo ende kwiDa Gama Peak, indlu yokukhanya yokuqala yagqitywa ngowe-1859 kwaye isetyenziswa njengesikhululo sokubeka zonke iindawo zokukhanya eziselunxwemeni lwaseKapa. I-lighthouse yesibini yakhiwa kwindawo ephantsi ngo-1914, kwaye ngoku sele ithatyathwe ukusuka kuqala. Ihlala yindawo yokukhanya enamandla kunazo zonke eMzantsi Afrika. Abaveleli banokufikelela ezi zombini izibane ngokusebenzisa iFlying Dutchman Funicular, edibanisa le mibini kwaye iyakusindisa ekwenzeni ukunyuka okukhulu phakathi kwabo.
Uninzi lwabantu abavakatye iCape Point benza njalo njengenxalenye yecandelo le-peninsula yohambo ngalunye olubandakanya ezinye iisayithi, kwaye iphelela ixesha elincinane lokumkela indawo evelele kuyo.
Kunoko, abo bafana nokuhamba okanye i-wildlife kufuneka balayishe ipikiniki kunye neebini zee-binoculars kwaye bavumele usuku olupheleleyo ukuhlola iCape Point kunye neCape of Good Hope Nature Reserve. Ngaphandle koko, ujikeleze amava kunye nesidlo sasemini kwi-Point's gourmet Restaurant ye-Oceans Restaurant. Apha, unokuyilungisa iwayini yesithili kunye nezonka zokutya zasemanzini ngokutsha ngeli xesha ukhangayo umbono oqaqambileyo.
Ukutyelela iwebhusayithi yeCape Point ngeenkcukacha kuquka iiyure zokuvula, amaxabiso kunye nezikhokelo ezivela eKapa.
Eli nqaku lahlaziywa kwaye libhalwa ngokubhaliweyo nguJessica Macdonald ngo-Oktobha 14 ka-2016.