Description:
Rhodes Memorial was erected in honor of Cecil Rhodes, the man who, incidentally, donated the land for Kirstenbosch Gardens in 1902. Rhodes made his fortune in the Kimberley diamond mines and became prime minister of the Cape in 1890. A true British imperialist, he "owned" Zimbabwe (previously known as Rhodesia), and it was his lifelong dream to see a Cape-to-Cairo railway line built so that the "sun would never set on the British Empire." The memorial is an imposing granite staircase flanked by lions and overlooking the Cape Flats and Table Bay. In one of the Cape's most bizarre juxtapositions, herds of wildebeests and zebras graze on the slopes around the memorial, oblivious to rubberneckers driving the M3 below. An informal restaurant behind the memorial has outdoor tables with some of the best views in Cape Town -- a great breakfast or light snack venue.
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Contact:
- visit website
- tel: +27 21 487 6800(Tourist Information)
Address:
- off Residence Road
- Off the M3 (De Waal Dr.), Groote Schuur Estate (signposted turnoff just after the University of Cape Town)
- Cape Town 7700
Neighborhood:
Southern SuburbsHours:
- Daily 9am-5pm
Strenuousness:
- No Sweat
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