Castle of Good Hope

Castle of Good Hope

wading through flooded underground tunnels underneath the city of Cape Town

Location: 

Castle of Good Hope, Darling St & Buitenkant St, Foreshore, Cape Town, 8001, South Africa

Duration: 

Saturday, November 26, 2016

Personal highlights

  1. Tunnel Tours: fun group of guides showing us Cape Town's underground
  2. Castle of Good Hope: old fortress to defend the city against any intruders
  3. Coincidence: joining a private tour of a random group on a day with a military parade
  4. Underground: wading with regular street shoes through tunnels with flowing water
  5. Water: wasting endless streams of clean fresh water in a time of absolute drought

Image sources

  1. Entering the tunnels
  2. Original stones in the wall
  3. Walking underneath the town
  4. Random group of strangers

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