I-Cape Point ayiyona indawo eseningizimu ye-Afrika. Lelo dumo liya eCape Agulhas encane engaziwa, cishe amakhilomitha angu-155/250 ukuya empumalanga. Kuvame ukufakwa njengezinga lapho ama-Oceans ase-Atlantic naseNdiya ahlangana khona ngokusemthethweni; kodwa empeleni, amagagasi ase-Agulhas neBenguela ahlangana phakathi kwamabili amaCapes, endaweni eguquka ngenkathi. Kodwa-ke, kuyilapho iCape Point engeyona indawo enkulu kakhulu, yiyona nto engcono kakhulu-ethandwa yiNingizimu Afrika kanye nezivakashi ngokufanayo.
Ngokungafani neCape Agulhas, kokubili kulula ukufika nokubukeka ngokumangalisayo.
Umlando Wokuhlola
I-Cape Point inamamitha ayi-0.7 / 1.2 engasempumalanga yeKapa yeGood Hope, futhi ndawonye ndawonye laba yi-Cape Peninsula. Umhloli wamaPutukezi u-Bartolomeu Dias wabizwa ngokuthi i-Cape of Storms ngenkathi ehamba ngomkhumbi ngo-1488, eba yiYurophu yokuqala yokuzungeza intonga yaseNingizimu Afrika. Eminyakeni eyishumi kamuva, omunye umhloli wamaPutukezi ogama lakhe linguVasco da Gama wahamba ngezinyathelo zakhe, ethola indlela eya olwandle eya eNdiya naseMpumalanga Ekude. IsiPutukezi iNkosi uJohn II yaqamba kabusha isiqhwaga iCabo da Boa Esperança ( Cape of Good Hope) ngokuhlonipha ingcebo eyathembiswa umzila omusha wokuhweba.
Iziphepho zaseCape Point ziye zabulala ukuphila kwabanomkhumbi abaningi, futhi umlando ulandelwa yi- Flying Dutchman , umkhumbi wesimo somoya wathi ukuhamba ngalezi zikhukhula kusukela ngo-1641. Ngomunye umlando wendaba yomkhumbi uCaptain Hendrik van der Decken wayenqume ukuzungeza iKapa yeziPhupho ezigumbini ezinzima ezafunga ukuthi uzokuzama uma zithatha konke okuphakade.
Ngelinye ilanga, uzibopha esitokisini, ufunga uNkulunkulu ngokwakhe ngeke ambuyise futhi ahlume ingelosi. Amakhulu emikhumbi phakathi neminyaka aye athi ama-sightings, ikakhulukazi ngesikhathi sezulu esibi.
I-Incredible Flora ne-Fauna
Namuhla, i-Cape Peninsula ihamba eningizimu ukusuka eKapa ngamakhilomitha angu-47 / amakhilomitha angu-75 futhi idume ngokuba nendawo enhle kakhulu eNingizimu Afrika.
Ethempelini layo, iCape Point iyingxenye yeCape of Good Hope Nature Reserve, okuyinto eyingxenye yeTable Mountain National Park. Le ndawo igcwele izilwane zasendle, futhi idume ngokukhethekile ngamasosha ayo aseCapeon (futhi ngesinye isikhathi esesabisayo). Ezinye izilwane ezibonwa njalo zihlanganisa i-zebra yasezintabeni, i-hartebeest, i-eland, i-kudu, izintshe kanye ne-rock hyraxes.
Eyaziwa nangokuthi ama-dassies, i-rock hyraxes yizilwane ezincane zasemhlabeni ezifana nezimbongolo ze-guinea. Naphezu kobukhulu bawo obuncane nokubukeka okubukeka kahle, isihlobo sabo esiseduze kakhulu sendlovu. Imvelo eminingi yaseCape Point nendlela yokujikeleza nayo isebenza njengepharadesi yenyoni , inikeza ithuba lokubona izinhlobo ezingaphezu kuka-250 ezihlukahlukene. Ipaki nayo iyingxenye yeSifundazwe seCape Floral, indawo yeGugu leNhlaba ye-UNESCO. I-wonderland yase-botanical, enezinhlobo ezingaba ngu-1 100 zezitshalo kuhlanganise nezinhlobo eziningi ze-fynbos ezibucayi.
I-Cape Point eyinhloko enkulu ye-sandstone iphinde inikeze umbukwane omangalisayo wezinyoni ze-ocean ezungezile. Ama-Dolphins, ama-fur fur and Cape Penguins ase-Afrika kulula ukubona ngeso elihle noma ama-binoculars amahle, kanti izinyanga zasebusika (ngoJuni noNovemba) zimemezela ukuqala kwenkathi yokubuka i-whale .
Labo abachitha ihora elilodwa noma amabili emaphethelweni aseCape Point bavame ukuvuza ngokubona ama-humpback kanye namapulangwe angaseningizimu abhukuda esikhathini esidlule lapho befuduka minyaka yonke.
Cape Point Izinsiza
Kunezindawo zokugcina ezimbili eCape Point. Ede kakhulu kuDa Gama Peak, indlu yokukhanya yokugcina yaqedwa ngo-1859 futhi manje isetshenziselwa njengesiteshi sokuqapha kuzo zonke izindlu zokugcina ezisebeni lwaseCape. I-lighthouse yesibili yakhiwa endaweni ephansi ngo-1914, futhi manje seyithathwe kusukela kokuqala. Ihlala i-lighthouse enamandla kakhulu eNingizimu Afrika. Abavakashi bangakwazi ukufinyelela kokubili izikhungo zokukhanya ngokusebenzisa i-Flying Dutchman Funicular, ehlanganisa lezi zinsuku bese ikugcina ekukhuphukeni okukhulu phakathi kwabo.
Iningi labantu abavakashela iCape Point lenza kanjalo njengengxenye yohambo lwezinsuku eziningi olubandakanya ezinye izingosi, bese kuphelelwa yisikhathi esincane sokubonga izwe elihle kakhulu elizungezile.
Esikhundleni salokho, labo abathanda ukuhamba noma izilwane zasendle kufanele baphathe ipikikiniki kanye ne-binoculars futhi bavumele usuku olugcwele lokuhlola iKapa Point neCape of Good Hope Nature Reserve. Ngaphandle kwalokho, ujikeleze isipiliyoni sasemini endaweni yokudlela yePoint's Gourmet Two Ocean. Lapha, ungakwazi ukususa iwayini lesifunda kanye nezinhlanzi zasolwandle ezitholwa fresh ngenkathi uthanda umbono othakazelisayo.
Vakashela iwebhusayithi yeCape Point ukuze uthole imininingwane, kufaka phakathi amahora okuvula, amanani kanye nezinkomba ezivela eKapa.
Le ngqungquthela ibuyekeziwe futhi iphinde ibhalwe ngokuyingxenye yiJessica Macdonald ngo-Okthoba 14, 2016.