LIGHTHOUSES or COASTAL HIGHLIGHTS

It has now been done! A "dream" and now all the working lighthouses along the coast of South Africa.

Roman Rock Lighthouse is built on an island rock at the entrance to the Naval harbour of Simonstown in False Bay. This is the only South Afr...

Milnerton Lighthouse is situated in the suburb of Milnerton on the shores of Table Bay. The lighthouse consists of a 21 metre cylindrical wh...

Nowadays a two day journey along lovely roads can bring you from Durban to Port Nolloth 1690 km away. Port Nolloth Lighthouse consists of a...

When I saw this lighthouse, the light had not yet been fitted and was mounted along-side the fence. I recently obtained this photo courtesy ...

The lighthouse consists of a 17.2 metre concrete tower, painted yellow with a black band and can be found on the Namaqualand coast between ...

Doringbaai is a small fishing harbour in Namaqualand 20kilometres south of the Olifants River mouth. The lighthouse is a black and white cyl...

Cape St. Martin Lighthouse is situated on the southern side of St. Helena Bay. It is a 10 metre aluminium lattice structure with a triangul...

Cape Columbine Lighthouse is a 15 metre square masonry tower which is painted white. The lighthouse is built on the rising ground at Castle...

Dassen Island Lighthouse consists of 28 metre, circular, red and white striped cast iron tower. The powerful light has a range of 24 sea mil...

A striking picture of Cape Vidal lighthouse taken on a perfect Christmas Day.

It is lovely to see Tugela lighthouse complete...... with the lamp finally burning! This picture, taken on 25th November 2006, shows the lig...

Bass Rock Lighthouse Light Established 1903 Engineer David A Stevenson Position Latitude 56° 04.6’N Longitude 02° 38.3’W An island lying 3 m...

FACELIFT The third picture was taken by Joe Viljoen in Jan 2005 before the start of renovations, the second was taken in October 2006 showin...

The renovation to this light is taking forever. I took this photo yesterday.

The alignment of the Sun, Earth and the Moon, a cyclone up the coast of Madagascar and gale-force on-shore winds have caused unnaturally hig...

As I am missing persuing lighthouses, I decided to publish this collage of 36 lights, most of which I have been to. The next trip will be th...

SLANGKOP – Cape Point Slangkop is the tallest cast iron tower on the South African coast, 33 metres high, circular and painted white. There ...

CAPE POINT – Cape point Situated in the Cape of Good Hope nature reserve and a popular tourist attraction. The base of the original lighthou...

ROMAN ROCK – Simon’s town Roman Rock is the only lighthouse on the South African coast to be constructed on a rock which is continuously awa...

CAPE HANGCLIP – False Bay This lighthouse is situated at the entrance to False Bay about 1 km from the base of Hangklip Berg, which derives ...

DANGER POINT – Eastern Cape This lighthouse was established 43 years after HMS Birkenhead was wrecked on an uncharted reef nearby. A commemo...

QUOIN POINT – Eastern Cape A dangerous promontory between Danger Point and Cape Agulhas, where many ships have been wrecked, including the C...

CAPE AGULHAS – Eastern Cape This lighthouse has been in operation since 1 March 1849 and has a range of 30 nautical miles. Originally made o...

CAPE INFANTA – Eastern Cape Situated within the San Sebastian private nature reserve south of the Breede River mouth, and only accessible by...

YSTERVARKPUNT – Stilbaai This lighthouse is situated near the mouth of the Gouritz River between Mossel Bay and Cape Agulhas. Originally a 2...

CAPE ST BLAIZE – Mossel Bay Situated at Mossel Bay, Cape St Blaize lighthouse is a 20.5 metre square concrete tower which is painted white. ...

CAPE SEAL – Plettenberg Bay This lighthouse is situated within the Robberg Reserve near Plettenberg Bay and only accessible along a 5km rock...