Enjoying our Time in Wilderness

This is our third year at Wilderness Waters and once again it is turning out to be a perfect location for us. It is a short walk to the beach, the grocery store, the pharmacy and restaurants. Our apartment has everything we need, including a dishwasher and washer/dryer. Deb and Lauchlyn have a smaller apartment next door so it is easy to get together for meals, hanging out on our patio and, of course, for our euchre games.

On Sunday we went to Plettenberg Bay to shop at Old Nicks (one of our favourite little shopping areas).

Next lunch at an “off the beaten track” local restaurant. Good pizza, fun sheep, and once again shopping opportunities.

The highlight of the day was our time with the elephants at Knysna Elephant Park. The facility “was the first facility in South Africa to house and care for orphaned African elephants. Over the last twenty years, the park has cared for and raised more than forty elephants.”

There are currently 5 female resident elephants – Sally, the matriarch, Nandi and her daughter Thandi, Keisha who was very sick when she came to the facility, and Thato, the youngest. We loved spending time with these gals.

Next activity – para-gliding. We were there to take photos – way too scary for us. It was a very windy afternoon so Deb and Lauchlyn did not have a calm ride – but as Deb said in her Facebook post “done and dusted … no crash landings”.

Love our walks on the beach.

Every day brings a new, often unexpected, activity. We stopped at the Redberry Farm to pick up fresh strawberries – the strawberries are so good. What started as a short “strawberry purchase stop”, ended up being a 1 1/2 hour activity stop. Deb and Lauchlyn saw the sign for the Hedge Maze – of course we had to try it (all but Larry who decided sipping coffee was more his speed). The maze consists of seven strawberry stations, a 25m dark tunnel and a look-out platform – all within the 10 kilometres of hedge pathways.  At each station you stamp your card, and if you get 7 stamps you receive a strawberry button – quite the incentive. If you get lost or can’t get out, then we were told to yell for “Brenda” and she would rescue us.

Next activity – kayaking at Kaaimans Adventures, which is about 10 minutes from our apartment.  As you will see from the pictures, it was a beautiful day and a great place to kayak.

We are past the halfway point of our time in South Africa. It has gone by so quickly – we really do love it here.