{"id":15553,"date":"2011-01-03T08:28:57","date_gmt":"2011-01-03T06:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=15553"},"modified":"2011-01-03T08:28:57","modified_gmt":"2011-01-03T06:28:57","slug":"tourists-blown-away-with-the-cape-and-its-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/tourists-blown-away-with-the-cape-and-its-weather\/","title":{"rendered":"Tourists blown away with the Cape and its weather!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>One of the worst weather periods has co-incided with the Festive Season in Cape Town and the Western Cape,\u00a0 leaving many\u00a0visitors disappointed with the weather, and the effect it has had on their holidays, especially for those that have travelled from far.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The South-Easter battered\u00a0Cape Town in December, and the Table Mountain Aerial Cableway Company\u00a0has reported that\u00a0the largest number of Cableway closures was experienced last month by far, and that the Cableway was only able to operate for 55% of its potential operating hours in December, reports the Cape Argus<\/strong>.\u00a0 In the festive season week, the Cableway lost 25000 visitors due to the gale force winds and resultant restricted visibility.\u00a0\u00a0 The wind\u00a0\u00a0blew at a speed of over 100 km\/hour in Camps Bay and in many parts of Cape Town, leading guests to check out of accommodation establishments early, as happened at Whale Cottage Camps Bay, and at other establishments.\u00a0\u00a0 No sooner had the wind died down, two days of rain followed on the first two days of 2011.<\/p>\n

Inland areas, as well as towns such as Hermanus and those on the Garden Route, were overcast and experienced rain while the South-Easter was pumping in Cape Town.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Not only did the wind and rain affect the holiday plans of tourists, but\u00a0the weather\u00a0also played havoc with swimming pools of accommodation establishments, which were filled with sand daily, and which were difficult to keep blue.\u00a0\u00a0 The wonderful Camps Bay beach, as well as\u00a0many others, were a no-go zone on South-Easter days, ‘sandblasting’ beachgoers.\u00a0\u00a0Few beaches in Cape Town are South-Easter proof, Clifton being the most protected against the wind.<\/p>\n

Despite the wind and rain, the weather was better than tourists would have experienced in the UK, USA and in Europe, with extremely low temperatures and snow storms in the past two weeks.<\/p>\n

Chris von Ulmenstein, Whale Cottage Portfolio: www.whalecottage.com<\/a>\u00a0 Twitter: @WhaleCottage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of the worst weather periods has co-incided with the Festive Season in Cape Town and the Western Cape,\u00a0 leaving many\u00a0visitors disappointed with the weather, and the effect it has had on their holidays, especially for those that have travelled from far.\u00a0 The South-Easter battered\u00a0Cape Town in December, and the Table Mountain Aerial Cableway Company\u00a0has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[7,15,3,124,22,21],"tags":[1700,32370,8272,2157,32366,32378,32383,3222,9340,83,32377,4312,9341,107,1721,430,32387,163,32373],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t