We had a morning flight back to Cape Town on Feb. 14th so we stayed at the Kruger Gate Hotel on Feb 13th. This way we didn’t miss our last morning Inyati safari drive. The Kruger Gate is a large, busy hotel – not usually the kind we stay at – but it was clean, friendly staff, and not far from the airport. It worked out well for a 1-night stay.
Deb and Lauchlyn joined us at Hout Bay Manor on Feb 15th, one day later than planned due to flight delays. So nice to have them here. A few more pictures of the Hout Bay Manor – we are all very comfortable here.
We’ve had lots of fun exploring the Cape Town area together. Thanks Deb for driving.
We visited the V&A Waterfront. The seals in the harbour put on quite a show for us.
Beautiful sunset on the way back to Hout Bay Manor.
Next day we headed to Simon Town to see the African Penguins and then Cape of Good Hope – not too hot, and not windy – perfect day.
The African Penguin (also called the Cape Penguin) is just 60 – 70 cm (24 – 28 inches) tall – it stays in the southern African waters.
These young gals put on quite the show. Around their ankles they have the tops of pop cans.
We took the vehicular up to the Cape of Good Hope lookout and then walked down.
The baboon walked along the road beside us, the ostrich was off in the distance and the little lizard was on a rock behind where I was sitting (luckily he was just interested in catching insects).
When we left the Cape, we stopped in Scarborough for lunch at the Camel Rock restaurant. We had hoped to see kite surfers but no surfers – we think because there wasn’t enough wind. The Camel is a pizza oven. There were numerous unusual “pieces of art” on the wall – we were not tempted to bring any of these home.
We headed back to Hout Bay via Chapman’s Peak – great views from the lookouts.
We headed to Paternoster on February 19th for 2 nights. We left Paternoster today (Feb. 21st) and we are staying in Robertson tonight. Tomorrow we head to Wilderness.
Our next blog will cover our stop at the Vineyard Hotel in Newlands, Paternoster and Robertson.
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