The Shipwreck Trail is the walk to do at Cape Point if you would rather look at the sea than climb above it. It leaves the car park at Olifantsbos, on the Atlantic side of the Cape of Good Hope section, and follows the shore north across sand and low coastal path. Two vessels lie on this stretch, and the wreckage is the reason the trail has a name.
SANParks names the trail in its own visitor material. What matters more in practice than a kilometre count is the gate: the Cape Point entrance closes in the late afternoon and a late exit is fined, so work backwards from that.
There is no shade and no water once you leave the car park, and baboons are active on this side of the reserve. SANParks asks visitors to keep food out of sight and warns that the animals are attracted by it. Dogs are not permitted anywhere in this section.
