We set off at 9:00 for a full day traveling to the Cape of Good Hope. Mom and dad, this was so much prettier than the Cape Horn in South America. This is a 90-mile round trip with some of the best ocean scenery I have ever seen. We had the same driver as yesterday, Rayner, and he was great again.
The drive down the coast is one beautiful bay after another with amazing cliffs and towns along the way…
One stop included Hout Bay, which is a fishing harbor. Greg, we found a new way for you to feed the seals in Booth Bay…you just have to put the fish right in your mouth and the seals will jump right up and get it…wonder if Jules will ever kiss you after that???
We continued on to the Cape Point Ostrich Farm. These animals are pretty stupid and Rayner said that if they are infertile they are sent packing to end up as dinner…he says it takes like beef…not chicken.
The next stop was to the Table Mountain National Park, which encorporates the entire bottom of the penninsula. It is nature reserve set up in 1938 and encompasses 7,750 hectares of land and 40 kilometers of coastline. There is a lot of wildlife but the main viewing animals are the baboons. This reminded me so much of Alaska with looking out for the bears…
The Cape of Good Hope is pretty spectacular with the two oceans coming together…
After that we had lunch at the Blue Marlin, which overlooked the Indian Ocean and then to the penguin colony at a beach called The Boulders. They are adorable…
The last stop was a viewing of Muizenberg Bay which is an enormous surfing spot on the Indian Ocean side of the penninsula due to warmer water but this is also where shark attacks happen. Our viewing point is from a shark lookout point. Rayner and I tried to convince Jules to go and do a caged shark dive but she has decided to pass…I am not sure if she is more afraid of the shark or the cold water?
All in all…it was incredible and we are quite lucky to have had such a great guide for two days.
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