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Table Mountain National Park

Table Mountain National Park is a breathtaking natural wonder located in Cape Town, South Africa. The park is home to a diverse range of flora and fauna, including over 1,400 species of plants and numerous animal species such as baboons, dassies, and penguins. The park is also a popular destination for photographers, offering a variety of stunning locations to capture the beauty of the landscape. Some of the most popular photography spots in the park include the iconic Table Mountain, the Cape of Good Hope, and the picturesque beaches of Clifton and Camps Bay.

Cape of Good Hope
Cape Point
by David ruiz luna

A common misconception is that the Cape of Good Hope is the southern tip of Africa. This misconception was based on the misbelief that the Cape was the dividing point between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Contemporary scientific knowledge instead states the southernmost point of Africa is Cape Agulhas about 150 kilometres (90 mi) to the east-southeast.

Good hope is what we need in these crazy times we live in. Please, someone can stop this madness of the world. Too intense for me.

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"I'm not going in, are you going in?  Let him try it." Boulder Beach South Africa *
Foxy Beach
by Dominic Nessi
  • The African penguin, also known as the Cape penguin or South African penguin, is a species of penguin confined to southern African waters. Like all extant penguins, it is flightless, with a streamlined body and wings stiffened and flattened into flippers for a marine habitat. Adults weigh an average of 2.2–3.5 kg (4.9–7.7 lb) and are 60–70 cm (24–28 in) tall. The species has distinctive pink patches of skin above the eyes and a black facial mask. The body upperparts are black and sharply delineated from the white underparts, which are spotted and marked with a black band.

The African penguin is a pursuit diver, and feeds primarily on fish and squid. Once extremely numerous, the African penguin is declining rapidly due to a combination of several threats and is classified as endangered. It is a charismatic species and is popular with tourists.

Boulder Beach Table Mountain NP South Africa
Foxy Beach
by Dominic Nessi

Arctic Penguin

Table Mountain, Cape Town [RSA]
Table Mountain, Cape Town [RSA]

UNESCO : Cape Floral Region Protected Areas Date of Inscription: 2004 Criteria: (ix)(x)

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Cape of Good Hope, Cape Peninsula [RSA]
Cape Point

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Panorama from Table Mountain [RSA]
View from Table Mountain

UNESCO : Cape Floral Region Protected Areas Date of Inscription: 2004 Criteria: (ix)(x)

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Lion's Head, view from Signal Hill, Cape Town [RSA]
Lion's Head, view from Signal Hill, Cape Town [RSA]

UNESCO : Cape Floral Region Protected Areas Date of Inscription: 2004 Criteria: (ix)(x)

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Cape Point, Cape Peninsula [RSA]
Cape Point, Cape Peninsula [RSA]

UNESCO : Cape Floral Region Protected Areas Date of Inscription: 2004 Criteria: (ix)(x)

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Thanks to all Phoide contributors to Table Mountain National Park!
Most notably Andrey Sulitskiy, Romain Pontida and Dominic Nessi.