Cannon Rocks / Boknes | Kite Surfing

These two small holiday hamlets are both very popular among fishing enthusiasts.  CANNON ROCKS is increasingly popular for kite surfing in particular, as it is now known  worldwide as one of the best destinations in the world for this sport.  From BOKNES, a walk along the beach to a promontory at Kwaaihoek, takes you to the Dias Cross erected there in 1488 by Bartolommeo Dias.  He was on a voyage following the spice route to India, but blown off course around the Cape of Good Hope, and finally made landfall here. This Padrao Sao Gregorio cross crashed onto the rocks below years later.  Some 5000 fragments were recovered, being about 75% of this original Dias beacon, and reconstructed by Prof Eric Axelson and kept at the University of the Witwatersrand. In 1944 a replica was built, and re-erected on the original site, which is now part of the Marine section of the Addo Elephant National Park.

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