Ride Easy
There are various ways to ride from Cape Town to Cape Point: the two obvious routes are along either the False Bay coast of the Atlantic seaboard (two oceans do not in fact meet anywhere near Cape Point, so both sides are washed by the Atlantic Ocean).
The more varied and spectacular way is the Atlantic seaboard side, including as it does Hout Bay, Chapman's Peak drive and Noordhoek, but the False Bay side has its many charms: least of them though is getting down the highways to the sea at Muizenberg (about 25 km from the CBD). The distance along the False Bay route is about 65 km in total, so really a very easy day's ride so long as the weather behaves (the tourist bumf won't tell you so best we do: this is a windy city and when it does blow it is seldom just a sea breeze).
Both routes will meet at the Cape Point Nature Reserve gate, the most southerly section of Table Mountain National Park. There are numerous tracks in the reserve but for first-timers, the direct route from gate to point on the main surfaced road is best. If you fancy a picnic, Buffels Bay is the best place when the southeaster isn't howling.
More adventurous bike riders might be able to put together a more circuitous route taking in all the best MTB places including Deer Park-King's Blockhouse, Newlands, Tokai, Silvermine and Red Hill. There is a dream among many local riders that one day they will be able to ride a bike trail all the way from Signal Hill above the city centre to Cape Point. As soon as we have wrapped up the Spine of the Dragon project (splicing the many frayed trail ends that still exist), we aim to turn our attention and our wheels to working with SANParks to make this dream a reality. Stay cool, ride easy and don't - ever - stop dreaming dangerous dreams.