GALERA POINT CAPE

As you climb to the top of this rocky cape, you'll have a magnificent view of the ocean that juts wildly out from the foot of steep cliffs, battered by an often rough and quite treacherous sea. The Cape is a favorite place for shamans and descendants of the Amerindians who worship the Orishas, especially for the Olukun Festival (Celebration of the Ocean) which takes place on February 21 each year. This festival is marked by a procession that leaves from the lighthouse of Galera. Offshore are two merchant ships torpedoed by a German ship in 1941.