Today we had a peninsula tour with Rodney. We down the coast which was beautiful. Here are some pictures.
We arrived the Cape of Good Hope before the tour buses and took pictures there.
Then we drove to Cape Point and walked around there. The views from Cape Point were gorgeous.
Rick spotted a caracal, a rare cat whose back legs are longer than its front legs which allows it to jump and catch birds in the air. Rodney said he had never seen one there. Unfortunately we didn’t get a picture.
From there we went to see the penguin colony in Simon’s town, home to a colony of African penguins. They are the only penguin that breed in Africa. We saw several with babies. Here are some pictures.
We drove on to Kalk where we got fish at Lucky’s fish and chips. I had a salad. Then we visit Muizenberg’s beaches.
We ended our day with a visit to the Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens. These gardens were established by John Cecil Rhodes. It poured as we walked through the gardens but eventually the sun came out. Patty was very excited to see all the proteas, an unusual type of flower. Here are some pictures.
After the Gardens we headed back to town and were dropped off at the hotel. We went out for pizza and pasta that night. Dinner was followed by Mexican train.