This scenic spot lies within a wild, unspoilt nature reserve with deserted beaches, craggy cliffs and wildlife such as antelope and baboons.

For tourists, it’s the notion that you are standing on a promontory at the foot of Africa that makes a visit here unique (even though the true southernmost tip of Africa is at Agulhas, about 150km to the south-east).

Advise your clients to set aside a day for this sightseeing trip, and use the opportunity to circumnavigate the Cape Peninsula while taking in other notable sites on route, like the African penguin colony at Boulders Beach, which also falls within the Table Mountain National Park.

Visitors can access the old lighthouse on top of the major peak at Cape Point via a funicular. They can also walk the path to the lower peak with its newer lighthouse, which still beams out a warning to ships rounding the Cape of Storms, so named by the 15^th-century Portuguese explorer, Bartolomeu Dias.