Cape Agulhas Lighthouse — Attraction in Cape Agulhas Local Municipality

It has been a dream to visit this southernmost tip of Africa for 2 decades. Cape Agulhus did not disappoint. It is breathtaking here, with a magnificent lighthouse- 2nd oldest in SA, beautiful platform along the oceans or rather oceans 🥰, stunning huge sculpture of Africa and a lovely monument signifying the point where the two oceans meet. Its a beautiful rocky beach with unusual rock outcrops and interesting colors. In September the water was warm enough to dip your feet in and that was a meaningful moment, feeling the two oceans against your skin, wow! The town is really sweet and nice, isolated from the other parts of Cape Town I have visited thus far and in a nice way. Its just a idyllic far away place where one can get away from the daily hustle and bustle of city life. I loved it here. I would happily spend a week enjoying this quiet iconic place. Cape Agulhus doesn’t get the applause Cape Point gets but I truly loved it here. It was fulfilling in the same way I felt when I reached the northernmost tip of Appalachia or the easternmost part of the US. Its a cool thing to do for any traveler. I loved loved loved that its a rather simple experience. No extravagant displays, hardly any commercialism- for a place so iconic and historically significant, I love that it’s maintained this sort of humility that greatness often has in the beginning. And I know this was a special visit because in 5 years, this quaint sleepy place will probably begin growing and it wont be so magically...

A Tourist Attraction. Magnificent 🐦 birds' eye view. Choose a day of no wind. Please find attached the disclosure. 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠...

I always worry about visiting 'tourist traps', expecting to leave disappointed or with a "I told you it wouldnt be worth it".

However the Cape Agulhas Lighthouse is more than just a tourist attraction. There's a lot of interesting history and architecture that define the lighthouse.

We visited the Agulhas region around a year ago and of course, the lighthouse thats sits on the southern edge of the village of L'Agulhas had to be on our neverending list of places to see!

Built in 1848, the 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐀𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐋𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝-𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 and the third to be built on the South African coast. The 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐠𝐲𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 (I could go down a whole rabbit hole of history on its design...)

🧐↘️↘️↘️ 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐭?

Well, you can climb the 71 steps to the top of the tower and get fantastic views over Agulhas NP and the ocean 👀

Theres also a museum in the lighthouse thats interesting to have a look through. The museum is both a great historical source of the lighthouse but also of old fish traps used hundreds of years ago by the indigenous Khoisan people. . Lighthouses South Africa Travel To South Africa #agulhas #agulhaslighthouse #agulhasnationalpark #lighthouses #travelsouthafrica #proudlysouthafrica...

Drive down to the town of Agulhas can be seem never ending as it appears as though the shoreline is never in sight. The effects of the drought in the area are also evident. However, once you get to the town, you find a hive of activity in summer with modern homiday homes strewn along the coast. Best of all is when you finally make it to the tip of Africa. What a beautiful country South Africa is. Torquise blue water all around you and a spot marking where the two oceans meet. You can not tell the two oceans apart when looking at them as there are no distinctive lines. There is also a huge concrete map of Africa close by marking the attraction. Does get busy during the peak holiday period and parking area does get full. Boardwalks available are nicely done to mark each pathway. Lighthouse is simply amazing and views from the top are breathtaking. Climb up is a bit hairy and when busy you often have to wait for people at each landing area. 71 steps to the top but worth every step. An absolute must. One point of concern is that there was no entrance fee required when entering the park. SAN PARKS must charge a fee in future i order to raise funds for the upkeep of the park. A fee of R33 is however payable to access...