Natural feature
Cape Point
Windswept rocky headland where chacma baboon troops forage tide pools for crab and limpet.
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Location
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About this audio guide
This guide to Cape Point in Cape Town follows the chacma baboon troops that have ranged this windswept headland since before it became a nature reserve in 1939, and the coastal trick some of them learned nowhere else in Africa: wading into tide pools to flip rocks for crab and limpet. It also traces the story of a male named Fred from a nearby troop, whose taste for car doors and picnic bags turned him into something of a local legend. Listen for why the sign warning you to lock your doors is less a suggestion than a peace treaty.
This audio guide was created using AI.