Cape Town, Day 1

Last night we settled into our new hotel in Cape Town called the Southern Sun, Waterfront, which is a modern, high rise building, situated about a five minute walk from the Waterfront where all the bars and restaurants are situated and then we spent the evening at the bar being naughty!

This morning we set off at 7.45 am to do Table Mountain and the Garden Route from Cape Town, down the west coast of the Cape of Good Hope, to Cape Point and back.

When we got to Table Mountain it was extremely windy so the cable car to the top of the Mountain was closed - apparently it is closed for about 40% of the year because of bad weather - so we took some photographs of the views and went on our way.

View of Lions Head Mountain.

View of Robin Island where Nelson Mandela was in Prison for 18 years.

View of Table Bay and Cape Town.

Travelling from Cape Town to Cape Point we saw some amazing beaches and our guide explained everything there was to know about the plants and trees that were indigenous to South Africa and all those that had been imported from other countries and the impact that the imported plants and trees had had on the landscape.

View of Sandy Bay.

View of Hout Bay.

View of Chapmans Bay.

A balletic pose at Cape Point.

Going up to see the view at Cape Point in a vehicular called the Flying Dutchman.

The Cape Point lighthouse.

View from the lighthouse being blown off our feet!

Simons Town Bay.

After we visited Cape Point we had a lovely sea food lunch and then went to visit the Penguins in Simons Town. (See next Blog)

Table Mountain covered in mist and cloud, viewed on our way back to Cape Town.