11/2 Game Drives
Wow! Magnificent weather and lots of wildlife out and about. After a 6 course dinner of fine dining last night, an early alarm at 5:30am for game drive preparation. Off…
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10/31 Head to Safari Game Reserve & 11/1 Game Drive
Short drive today to the “Shamwari Private Game Reserve”. Over some Gorges and interesting landscape. Arrive around 1:00pm. Three nights here, with game viewing drives daily. So the real Safari…
10/30 Elephant Sanctuary
What a wonderful day. As we approach oHtrue Safari Game Drives, we engage in an Elephant Sanctuary, and learn a great deal about the Elephant and some Baboon’s visited us.…
10/29 Garden Route to Plettenberg
Well, a very scenic drive along the southern coast of Africa enroute to Plettenberg Bay. Called the “Garden Route” with Lusch vegetation. Also, the Whale Capital of Africa. Bread basket…
10/28 Leaving Cape Town
Well, after four full days, we leave Cape Town. What a wonderful stay and education. Great tours and guides. South African has come a long way since the days of…
10/27 City Tour Cape Town / Wine Vinyard Lunch
A 9:30 am departure for a very nice City tour of Cape Town. Downtown, Parliament, and City Park, ie; “the Company Garden”. Albino Squirrel. Fast growth in the city, multi…
10/26 Scenic Day – Cape Point / Cape of Good Hope
Today is a scenic tour of the South end of South Africa, namely Cape Point and Cape of Good Hope. Our route takes us form Cape Town south through the…
10/25 Robben Island and Table Mountain
An early morning breakfast and then a ferry ride to Robben Island. A marvelous history day. Most recall the days of Nelson Mandela. He spent 27 years imprisoned, much on…
10/24 All Day Winelands Tour
We left our hotel in Cape Town at 8:00am for an all day tour of vineyards with a total of ten guests from our tour group. We were greeted by…
Mon 10/23 Arrive Cape Town
Cape Town population some 5,000,000 strong. Traffic shows it. Got in a little ahead of schedule ie; 4:45pm local time. Lost 6 hrs due to time zone change, so still…