CapeAgulhas.kmz normal #Highlights_norm highlight #Highlights_over Cape Agulhas Early mariners called it the ´Cape of Needles´. Here the Indian and Atlantic oceans meet, shipwrecks pepper the coastal waters, and the country´s second oldest working lighthouse is also a museum and tearoom. Rock-protected beaches and the rustic fishing villages of L´Agulhas and Struisbaai cradle Agulhas National Park, recognised for its enormous diversity of indigenous plantlife.

Agulhas National Park

Cape Agulhas Lighthouse

Wetlands protect two species of endangered frog and rare sea birds such as the Damara tern and African black oystercatcher. But the star of the show is the Southern Right whale which calls in to calve and frolic in the months of June - November.

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