Today we had a half day city tour which originally was scheduled for the morning but we switched it to the afternoon because the weather was supposed to be a little better. We decided to go to the waterfront for the morning. Kay, Mike, Rick and I walked the 3 miles there while Patty and Tim took an Uber. It was overcast but didn’t rain. We walked through the Company Gardens and several shopping districts. The gardens were created in the 1650s by the region’s first European settlers and provided fertile ground to grow fresh produce to replenish ships rounding the Cape. Today it is a city park which contains several museums. Here are some pictures from our walk.
Once we reached the waterfront, we went to the watershed, a building with lots of shops with handmade crafts. There are mountains including Table Mountain surrounding Cape Town which makes it a really beautiful setting for a city. Here are pictures of the waterfront, you can see some of the mountains.
We had lunch and wandered around until 1:30 when we met Rodney for our city tour. He suggested we start with Table Mountain. Table Mountain is a flat-topped mountain, forming a prominent landmark, overlooking the city. It is often covered by clouds so we had been told to go to the mountain if there was a break in the clouds. We rode the cable car up and Rodney showed us around. Here are some pictures.
After table mountain we went to the South African Museum. Mostly it was animals preserved by taxidermy. It was nice to see the animals up close after seeing them in the wild. Then we walked through the Company Gardens again and Rodney presented some of the history. He also drove us around pointing out landmarks. Here are a few pictures.
He dropped us off at the waterfront where we had dinner and then ubered back to the hotel.