After landing at Cape Town International Airport we headed towards Cape Point. Our route along the N2 took us past many informal settlements and low cost housing. Our very knowledgeable tour guide, Rod, gave us information on these areas and one could not but wonder how people survive here. We left the N2 at the intersection with Baden Powell Drive and headed towards Simon's Town, where we made a quick stop for a light snack. At Boulders beach we visited the penguin colony and some of us just stayed on the beach to enjoy the beautiful scenery and sunshine. We all looked forward to our next stop at Cape Point.
At Cape Point we decide to walk from the visitor's centre, past the light house to the most south westerly point of Africa. This route is indicated in blue on the vertical aerial photograph of the area. We were in awe of the beauty of this place and often stopped along the route to just take in the scenery surrounding us. This was a perfect day with perfect weather and we could not be happier. After posing for a group photograph we were on our way again.
After a scrumptious late lunch at Kirstenbosch Gardens we headed toward Table Mountain. The cable car afforded us all a 360 degree view as the floor rotates. What an awesome sight this mountain is. The change in temperature was very evident and the higher we went the colder it got. Just as we walked out onto the mountain clouds started moving in and very soon it was completely overcast and bitterly cold. We left the cloud coverd mountain and headed toward where we would be staying for the next two nights.
It is impossible to describe everything we experienced - please enjoy the photographs.
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| Our hiking trail - marked in blue |
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| We made it! |
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| In the cable car |
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| The view from the top of Table Mountain |
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