It's now x-number of days down the line!!!

The group arrived safe and sound on Friday 29th, although their flight left Heathrow 1 and 1/2 hours late, as they were travelling "down-hill" they were only 24 minutes late into Cape Town. My first question was "Who is interested in going up Table Mountain?" Eight hands went up and almost in unison the reply was "Yes Please". After the mountain it was a quick stop at the Cullinan Hotel for check-in then off to the V and A to catch the ferry to Robben Island. The "new, fast" ferry was out of service (again!!) so they had to travel on "the slow boat to China" - aka DIAS, the slowest ferry in the fleet. Eventually they got back to the V and A at 19:45 as opposed to 18:00.

The next morning, right on time, they were on the coach ready for the Peninsula tour. This started off with a trip to see the seals on Duiker Island on board Nauticat, then over Chapmans Peak drive and all the way down to Cape Point via Cape of Good Hope and lunching at Two Oceans Restaurant. The afternoon was filled with a visit to the Penguines at Boulders Beach and a walk through Kersenbosch Botanical Gardens.

Sunday morning saw the collection of our vehicles from Maui and then off to our first stopover - Mountain Breeze outside Stellenbosch. Monday morning it was off to Hermanus via Clarens Drive with a stop at the Dick Dent Bird Sanctuary (which we failed to find the parking area for!!!) and Harold Porter Botanical Gardens. Saw some whales in the bay at Hermanus on our way out to Swellendam and the Bontebok National Park the next morning.

At 07:00 on Wednesday morning we did a short "Game Dive" in the park before heading off to Montagu and the Tractor drive up the Lageberg followed by a 'potjie' then we were off to Oudtshoorn. - Watch this space for the next installment!!