But then it's just as likely to be the caves. The Cape's climate also adds to its appeal. While the temperature can climb to the high 30Cs in summer, the nights are cool and pleasant. Autumn, when the surf is at its best, is still warm, and the rains are usually only threatening. The sometimes strong winds of summer have gone.
Winter is cold and wet, and lends itself to snuggling-up by the fire.
Spring is the time of colour on the Cape, when the wildflowers splash their colours from Naturaliste to Leeuwin. It wasn't that long ago that the Cape district was renowned for little more than its dairy farms. Surfers have been coming here since the 1950s, but it wasn't until the late 60s and 70s when viticulturalists recognised the potential of the land that the vineyards began attracting a whole new set of people. These days, the Cape has lost little of the charm it had in the early days of its tourism industry. But that's only because its residents fiercely battle to keep it that way.