According to Quy Coc Tu, discover the legend of Cape of Good Hope

from ancient mysterious stories...

The Cape of Good Hope is located south of the Cape Town Peninsula and is considered the dividing point between the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. Many people think that this is the southernmost point of Africa, but that is a big mistake. The southernmost point is Cape Agulhas, which is about 150 km away.

In 1488, Captain Dias (Portugal) was the first to pass the Cape of Good Hope in a storm that almost cost him his life, so he named the place Cape of Storms. But later King John II changed the name to Cape of Good Hope to show his belief that it would open a sea route to the east.

In 1962, the Dutch ship captained by Van Der Decken sank and disappeared at the Cape of Good Hope without a trace. Since then, every time a storm arose, people "saw" the ghostly figure of the ship appear. Stories began to spread that the ship was cursed and had to drift in the middle of the ocean without being able to dock. The famous movie by actor Johnny Depp "Pirates of the Caribbean" used the Cape of Good Hope as a filming location, and at the same time built the content of the movie based on the legend of the curse of this sunken ship, in which the sailors could only go to land for one day every 10 years.

...to today's wonders of the ocean

On his recent trip to South Africa, travel blogger Gui Gu Zi set foot on the Cape of Good Hope, which he called a "really long and arduous" journey.

The travel blogger shared that the first "hardship" was the long flights to get to Cape Town. From Saigon, he flew to Thailand, then Adis Ababa (Ethiopia), then flew to Johannesburg (South Africa), and from there he continued to Cape Town. Once arriving in Cape Town, the next "hardship" was the bad weather, heavy rain, and a busy schedule that forced him to postpone his plan to visit the Cape of Good Hope. Finally, when he arrived at the Cape of Good Hope, the last "hardship" was... the crowds. Too many tourists were lining up to visit the Cape of Good Hope.

There was a long line of cars and people waiting in line to take a photo of a lifetime next to the landmark marking the Cape of Good Hope. But Quy Coc Tu affirmed that all the "hard work" mentioned above was completely worth it. The Cape of Good Hope is not just a rocky headland but a huge, beautiful and majestic conservation area with flower fields stretching for dozens of kilometers.

You need at least half a day here if you want to explore. The best time is in the afternoon when the golden sunlight falls on the sea and the rocks, making the space even more mysterious and ancient. The feeling of standing at the cape looking out at the boundless ocean makes you feel like touching the end of the world.

The places you need to visit are climbing up the New Cape Point lighthouse, from here you can observe the entire Cape of Good Hope with an extremely majestic view with meter-high dark blue waves crashing against the rocky shore. Quy Coc Tu does not forget to share the photo spots that cannot be missed such as: at Cape Point before following the abyss road to Cape of Good Hope, there is a confirmation board that everyone wants to have a souvenir photo. Along the way to the Cape and the cliffs right at the Cape are also beautiful scenery, at around 5 pm thousands of birds fly back. Around the cape there are also carpets of wildflowers, yellow moss, green moss that are extremely interesting for you to explore...

During this trip to South Africa, travel blogger Quy Coc Tu also had the lucky opportunity to "hunt" for the Big Five in Simba, or admire close-up moments of seals, penguins and many seabirds in Cape Town.

Lan Oanh