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Amorielli Vol. 2 · No. 02 · February 2026 Portfolio p. 24

Portfolio · Vol. 2 · No. 02 · February 2026

Cape Town in pictures

9 photographs from the cover story, Cape Town Travel Guide, printed large. Photographs by Daniel Case, Dietmar Rabich, Lettkow, Diego Delso, HelenOnline, Matti Blume, Moheen Reeyad, kallerna, from Wikimedia Commons under the licences credited on each image.

Table Mountain rising behind central Cape Town and Table Bay harbor, South Africa — Table Mountain stands over central Cape Town and Table Bay. The whole city takes its bearings from it.

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View over Cape Town's City Bowl and harbor from Signal Hill, with Table Bay beyond — The City Bowl seen from Signal Hill, ringed by the mountain and the bay.

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Camps Bay beach on Cape Town's Atlantic Seaboard beneath the Twelve Apostles mountains — Camps Bay, on the Atlantic Seaboard, under the Twelve Apostles ridge.

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African penguins on the sand at Boulders Beach near Simon's Town, Cape Town — African penguins at Boulders Beach, near Simon's Town on the False Bay coast.

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A close-up view of a crane's rusty chains, cables, and a large metal pulley mechanism set against a clear blue sky. — This photograph shows a detail view of a crane in the harbour at the Waterfront, Cape Town.

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A wide sandy beach with turquoise water and small waves leads to a road lined with buildings and palm trees, backed by houses on a green, tree-covered hillside. — Readers are looking at Camps Bay, Cape Town, South Africa, featuring a sandy beach, coastal buildings, and a green mountain.

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A light-coloured building with a red-tiled roof, brown shutters, and barred windows is surrounded by diverse green plants and orange flowers, with a paved driveway in front and tall trees behind. — Readers are looking at a building and gardens within Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, Cape Town, as featured in the guide.

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A street slopes downwards, lined with brightly coloured houses, parked cars, and utility poles. In the distance, people stand near a body of water and hills. — Readers are looking at Chiappini Street in Bo-Kaap, Cape Town, South Africa, a street lined with colourful houses on the slopes of Signal Hill.

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A two-lane road curves along a cliff, with a tall, reddish rock face on the left and the sea with distant land on the right. — Readers are looking at Chapman's Peak Drive, a road carved out of a cliff-face between Chapman's Peak on the Cape Peninsular and the Atlantic Ocean.

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