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Needles at Cape Agulhas
At the southernmost tip of Africa, where two oceans meet, Needles offers more than just a meal — it’s an experience shaped by place. This is where the warm Indian Ocean meets the cold Atlantic, and where Portuguese navigators once noted that their compass needles pointed true north, giving rise to the name Cabo das Agulhas, or “Cape of Needles.”
The Southernmost Tip Reborn: Inside the R82 million Cape Agulhas Lighthouse Precinct
The R82 million Cape Agulhas Lighthouse Precinct Development—delivered through a partnership between the Department of Tourism and SANParks—was launched not just as a capital project, but as a statement of intent: to shift the country’s tourism gravity beyond its traditional anchors and into places where history, landscape, and community intersect.
A Hike to the Drip Caves, De Kelders meeting Minke Whales
There are days along this coast when everything aligns—the light, the temperature, the absence of wind—and the landscape seems briefly suspended in a kind of clarity. This was one of those days.
We set off from Skulpiesbaai beach on a warm 28°C afternoon under an uninterrupted blue sky, walking east along the De Kelders cliffs towards the Drip Caves.
From World Champion to Local Mentor: Tristan Roberts Inspires Next Gen at Voëlklip
While the world’s attention was recently fixed on the powerful right-handers of Agadir, Morocco, for the opening event of the 2026 IBC World Tour, a parallel story was unfolding on the pristine sands of Voëlklip Beach in Hermanus. It was a story of a global champion returning to his roots to spark a passion for the ocean in the next generation.
Great White House Hosts Sea Turtle Rescue Team Ahead of Stranding Season
As turtle stranding season approaches, conservationists from the Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation visited Kleinbaai to equip locals with life-saving knowledge. From understanding how hatchlings drift in the Agulhas Current to knowing why you should never put a stranded turtle back in the sea, the rescue team shared practical advice and powerful stories from their rehabilitation centre. With plastic and fishing nets among the biggest threats — and only one in 1,000 turtles reaching adulthood — community action along the Overberg coast could make all the difference this winter.
Kleinmond’s Young Eco Guardians Clean Up for World Wetlands Day
On World Wetlands Day, the Overberg shoreline was alive with purpose as around 50 children from the Kleinmond Strandlopers Eco-Youth Club gathered to clean and learn along their local coast. With guidance shaped by SANBI’s biodiversity education mandate and support from educators connected to Harold Porter National Botanical Garden, the beach became a hands-on classroom.
