Furr Seals
View to Hout Bay
Chapman's Peak
This past weekend some friends of mine (also VAC Interns) and myself, decided to take a tour down to Cape Point. This is about 1.5 hours away from where we live in Cape Town. We were greeted in Observatory by our tour guide at 8am!! We had a very busy day planned with many activities, such as…
-A scenic drive past Camps Bay beach along the Atlantic Ocean.
-A stop in Hout Bay to take a boat ride out to the Furr Seal Island. We got to view Cape Town’s most well known seals!!
-We drove through Chapman’s Peak and stopped to take pictures of the amazing views.
-At Simonstown we were greeted by dozens of African Penguins.
-We then made our way down to The Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve.
-Once we passed into the Reserve we were all given a bike, to travel along in an untouched natural environment.
-We stopped to have a gourmet lunch, and biked more afterwards.
-Once we arrived at the Cape of Good Hope, we hiked for about an hour to Cape Point. The views were spectacular!!!
-At Cape Point we hiked up to the Cape Point Lighthouse. This is considered the Southern Most tip of Africa and is where the Atlantic and the Indian Oceans meet.
-A scenic drive past Camps Bay beach along the Atlantic Ocean.
-A stop in Hout Bay to take a boat ride out to the Furr Seal Island. We got to view Cape Town’s most well known seals!!
-We drove through Chapman’s Peak and stopped to take pictures of the amazing views.
-At Simonstown we were greeted by dozens of African Penguins.
-We then made our way down to The Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve.
-Once we passed into the Reserve we were all given a bike, to travel along in an untouched natural environment.
-We stopped to have a gourmet lunch, and biked more afterwards.
-Once we arrived at the Cape of Good Hope, we hiked for about an hour to Cape Point. The views were spectacular!!!
-At Cape Point we hiked up to the Cape Point Lighthouse. This is considered the Southern Most tip of Africa and is where the Atlantic and the Indian Oceans meet.
There were a few surprises along the way such as, our wildlife sightings. We came across a family of Ostriches on the beach and then got to feed another set at a farm on our way home. We also saw antelopes grazing off in the distance on one of our hikes.
What an amazing adventure and experience!!!!!
Simonstown
We got to Bike
Hike to Cape Point
Cape Point Lighthouse
Caroline,
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful time it looks like you are having!!!! I have decided now that it looks like you are safe and acclamated to the culture, I can put my mind at rest!!(2 months later--LOL) I have also decided that you need to be a writer!!! You are making me feel as though I were there myself!! You definitely have "the writers talent".
Christy