Day 4 - Cape Point

Short recaps now. I'll edit and add pictures soon.

From Africa
After b'fast we joined our travel mates and headed to Cape Point with Jeremy as our guide. It was cold and damp. We couldn't see Table Mountain because of weather.


On the way to Cape Point we stopped at Haut Bay to take a ride out to Duiker Island to see the Cape Fur Seals. After a fun ferry ride in the not so calm water we returned to shore.

We wanted to proceeded further down the coast along Chapman's Bay but we had to cross over the peninsula to the other side because of a road closure due to a landslide. We drove through Constantia, South Africa's oldest wine district. Once south of the landslide area, we crossed back to the Atlantic side and continued to Cape Point.


Cape Point is incredible. Amazing views. We didn't walk up to the Light House but instead chose to go out along the coast a ways to take in the views. Along the way we had our first Right Whale sighting. We were going to walk down to Cape Point but there was some weather coming in and we didn't have time (unless we wanted to get very wet). It started to rain so we quickly returned to the visitor center where we got to watch the antics of a Chacma Baboon who has learned that humans often leave food in their cars. We drove down to Cape Point and were fortunate to see both Ostrich and Elands. We didn't get to see the Mountain Zebra, though we did see evidence of its presence.

On the way back to Cape Town we stopped at Boulders Beach to see the African Penguins. After a visit with the aptly named Jackass Penguins we enjoyed a delicious lunch at a local restaurant.

Back to the hotel and a little later, dinner at Balducci's.