Stellenbosch, South Africa, Africa Wedgeview Country House & Spa We got up a little later this morning and had a really nice breakfast at White Shark Guesthouse. We missed the breakfast yesterday because of how early we had to go for the cage diving, but today we took full advantage. We got some tips from Renee on where to go and what to see in Stellenbosch, and then we hit the road. The weather was pretty horrendous this morning, but…
Gansbaai, South Africa, Africa White Shark Guest House We woke up this morning at 5:50am for shark cage diving, and couldn’t have been more excited! We got dressed, went right across the street to Great White House and had a little bite to eat before we got an introductory chat with the resident marine biologist. There were about 30 of us who were going out in the boat, and it was quite a mixture of people. We got into a…
Gansbaai, South Africa, Africa White Shark Guest House We got up this morning and had a lovely breakfast at Cypress Cottage before hitting the road. We drove south for about an hour to get to the southernmost point in Africa. A lot of people think that the tip of the peninsula near Cape Town is the southernmost point, but they are very wrong. That is the most southwestern point. But when we got down to Cape Agulhas, we could actually…
Swellendam, South Africa, Africa Cypress Cottage Guest House I slept so well last night! I guess the full day of activities yesterday really tired me out. We had a nice breakfast at Bar-t-nique guesthouse and then packed up the car and headed out. We went to the tip of the peninsula in Mossel Bay and started a walk called the St Blaize Trail. It is a beautiful dirt path that goes along the cliffs and finishes in the small town…
Mossel Bay, South Africa, Africa Bar-t-nique Guest House We had breakfast at the guesthouse this morning and checked out by 8:30am. The place was fine, but I’m not sorry to be moving on to another accommodation. We drove in to Tsitsikamma National Park, paid our fee, and found the Untouched Adventures shop that was taking us out kayaking. We had a choice to go at 9am, 11am, or 1pm, and I’m so glad we opted for the early tour. Yet…
Stormsrivier, South Africa, Africa Andelomi Forest Lodge We had an early wake up call this morning so we would have time to have breakfast, pack up and get to our surfing class. Our breakfast was included at Dio Dell Amore, and it was amazing. The house and the property is really beautiful so as they were cooking our breakfast, we went for a little walk outside in the garden and visited the many beautiful birds they have in cages. If…
Jeffrey’s Bay, South Africa, Africa Dio Dell Amore Guest House We got up at stupid o’clock this morning (hopefully for the last time on this trip) for our last safari drive at Pumba. The weather was really miserable, it was cold and rainy, but on the positive side, we were the only two guests on the safari. Justin asked what we wanted to see and of course we said we really want to find the cheetah and buffalo. He did…
Makana, South Africa, Africa Pumba Private Game Reserve We got up early again today for our morning safari drive and today we had one goal: to find a cheetah and a buffalo. Pumba definitely has the Big 5 (elephant, rhino, lion, cheetah, buffalo), so of course we want to make sure we see them while we are here. That is proving very difficult though. They don’t tag the animals here, so they don’t know exactly where any of them are….
Makana, South Africa, Africa Pumba Private Game Reserve We woke up this morning at 6:30am to go on our first morning safari, and I was so excited that I didn’t care how early it was. We met our ranger Justin, and he took us out in the Landrover at 7am with 4 other people. The first thing we saw was a leopard just walking down the road that we were driving on, so of course we stopped. Justin said that…
Makana, South Africa, Africa Pumba Private Game Reserve We woke up today at the lovely Bishops Inn to find that our toilet was absolutely covered in ants. I’ve been in some really nasty places around the world, but this is the worst bug problem I’ve ever seen in an accommodation I was staying in. When we complained to the girl at the front desk, she was very nonchalant when she responded that they have an ant problem, and the ants…