Out first stop today was Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens.
This garden is on the back of Table Mountain and showcases the amazing indigenous plants of Africa, especially fynbos and protea.
You can also catch some bees and Kats if you look closely
The views here are stunning
Even when we’re in them, and wearing our Marni-approved Tilley hats!
Or going blind without our glasses
And there are some nice canopy trails and more rain forest-like experiences available too.
And the commonplace African violet grow big here.
I haven’t mentioned the ubiquitous Guinea hens - we’ve seen them in the wild everyplace in South Africa - but this is the first time with chicks.
On to drive around the cape. Unfortunately for Rich, spring seems to be road construction time - so we did a lot of waiting. And the weather wasn’t always picture perfect today. Even so, not a half bad view for a traffic stop.
We had lunch in Simonstown, and found this crane ready to take us out on his boat.
The other penguin colony is just up the way, but we skipped it since we had already had a great penguin encounter. Even so, Kat saw some on some rocks as we were cruising along the road. Plus seals and whales too.
The spectacular (though at times white knuckled) road passes by many rocky cliffs, sometimes with tunnels carved in for the traffic:
But also nice beaches like Scarborough.
We also had a close encounter with a baboon troop.
And Kat had been disappointed not to see an ostrich on this trip. Rich stopped at a pull off next to an ostrich farm so she could cross that off her list. Not quite a wild spotting -he’s probably a future ostrich burger - but they have a lot of personality. And they huffed like horses.
Back home we found this guy - guess he found a place to cool off today.
And then back to the city for some hamburgers ( well a bean burger for me!), milkshakes and street entertainment via the Parking attendants on Long Street.
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