Blog - Page 11

Cape Town is one of the most beautiful and popular tourist destinations in the world.

At first glance, the city appears to have plenty of water, surrounded as it is by oceans and featuring beautiful rivers running through it. Not long ago, however, Cape Town nearly ran out of water!

The Cape Town water crisis in South Africa lasted about 5 long years, from 2015 to 2020. Water shortages in the Western Cape region affected the City of Cape Town extremely badly. Dam water levels began decreasing in 2015 and the Cape Town water crisis peaked during mid-2017 to mid-2018 when water levels hovered between 14 and 29 per cent of total dam capacity.

In late 2017, there was talk of "Day Zero", a catchy term for the day when the water level of the major dams supplying the City could fall below 13.5 per cent. The Gods were watching and it began to rain!

To this day, Cape Town is a water-saving city and we urge our visitors to play the game.

With summer approaching many people descend on beaches around South Africa.  It is also the season for yellow tail runs in Cape Town.  All the sudden increased activity in the water lures curious sharks closer to shore to see what all the fuss is about.

Fish Hoek Beach was awarded Blue Flag Status in 2017.
This means that it has met 33 criteria covering four categories:

* environmental education and information
* water quality
* environmental management
* safety and services.