After landing we were collected by Eugene our Gecko tour guide for the next 8 days.
The famous Table Mountain. Unfortunately it was too cloudy to go up. Eugene told us we wouldn't see anything so we decided to postpone to another day & just explore our neighbourhood. We were based in the V&A Waterfront which has many restaurants, bars, a huge shopping mall & street entertainers. It's a picturesque lively area with a real buzz.
And we're off on our 8 day tour of South Africa's Garden Route.
After six weeks in India's scorching heat it was trousers & jumpers in South Africa.
We headed past Sea Point & Camps Bay to the fishing village of Houts Bay for a boat trip to Seal Island. The water was so choppy but we did make it. There were hundreds of seals basking in the sunshine or messing about in the water.
We then headed through Chapman's Peak to Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve & then to Cape Point.
Up the funicular railway tithe top for stunning views of the coastline.
The Cape of Good Hope which many believe is where the Atlantic ocean & the Indian Ocean meet but they would be wrong. It's further up the coast but Eugene says it's no where nears pretty!
A solitary male ostrich enjoying the sea breeze.
We then stopped off for some fantastic sea food in Simons Town & then popped along to visit these cute guys. They were enjoying the sunshine & the seawater.
We finished off day one with a wander around the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens at the base of the a Eastern slopes of Table Mountain.
It is huge and very well laid out with many paths and a tree top walkway high in the sky.
It also had an indoor garden of cacti of many sizes and shapes.
Table mountain in all its glory & a beautiful sun set completes day 1.
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