The hotel where we ended up staying in Kimberly
Crossing the Tropic of Capricorn in Botswana - we've crossed it now in three different countries!
The outside of our cabin in Aliwal North
The inside of our cabin
The main hall that has a little bar and pool table
A view of the property from up on a hill
Driving from Aliwal North along the “Friendly N6” to King William's Town
Villages along the roadside
We visited the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown
Zulu dancers
Brandon among the crowd watching a traditional dance
Boys trying to make some money in one of the alleys
People watching from the roof tops
The Boardwalk in Port Elizabeth
It was raining as we arrived at Addo Elephant National Park
This Leopard Tortoise was huge!
A couple of jackals
Female kudu
We saw several rainbows throughout the day
Red hartebeest
A young kudu buck
The remains of a kudu buck
A little friend we found in the toilets at a rest stop
Buffalo
Jackals feeding on a kudu carcass
A hilltop viewpoint in Addo
The smallest of the wild animals we saw
Our first elephant sighting
A rare sighting .... a caracal
A view back at the harbour of Port Elizabeth
Paul and Jess on the ocean
It was incredibly windy and cold!
The Boardwalk in PE
Getting McDonalds before hitting the road to Mossel Bay
Follow the N2 to Cape Town!!
We spent the morning at Jeffreys Bay
Paul and Jess at the beach in Jeffrey's Bay
Shell hunting
The big tower to the left is for the Billabong Supertubes surfing competition starting on the 10th of July
Paul with some dog friends
The water was gorgeous
Watching some surfers
This guy had a huge surfboard and a paddle ... this is how he made his way back into the ocean
The Bloukrans bridge that Brandon jumped last year
Incredible hillside villages we passed as we came into Knysna
A view of Knysna
The coastline between Knysna and George
A view around the coast toward Mossel Bay
A view of the mountains from our balcony in Mossel Bay
The inside of our apartment at Mossel Bay
The outside of the apartment
The lighthouse at Mossel Bay
We watched some whales play in the bay
Rachel loved it!
Yeah, I got soaked!!
We passed several ostrich farms between Mossel Bay and Cape Agulhas
A field full of Blue Herons
Making our way to the southernmost point in Africa
The lighthouse at Cape Agulhas
We were attracted to this place because of the sign
The bay at Hermanus
The coast at Hermanus
The drive into Cape Town
One of the puppies at Launic House in Cape Town
The beach at St. James
Kalk Bay
There were some seals playing in the bay
Fishing boats getting ready for the day
A helicopter training exercise off the coast at Simon's Town (South Africa's navy yard)
African Penguins at The Boulders
High above the coast near Cape Point
The Bartholemu Dias beacon
Having lunch at Cape Point
The Cape Point lighthouse in the background
Camels at Ocean View
Rachel and Jess rode them for a few minutes
Rachel's camel was just biting at Jess's head
The up and downs were a bit rough :)
The lower cableway station to take the tram up Table Mountain
A look up the cables
Inside the tram
Lion's Head on the left and Signal Hill in the back right
You can see Robben Island in the middle of the photo
A view down the coast past Camps Bay
Table Bay in the background
Walking up top on the mountain
The lights of Cape Town
We had dinner at an amazing Turkish restaurant
Our waiter Khalid
Our room at Launic House
The Victoria Wharf mall at the waterfront
The Nelson Mandela Gateway were we caught the ferry to Robben Island
Just off the boat at Robben Island
A limestone quarry where Nelson Mandela and many others spent their days working on the island
A pile of rocks started by Nelson Mandela ... past political prisoners have been piling rocks here every 5 years since their release from the island
A former political prisoner led our tour of the high security prison
Nelson Mandela's cell from the outside
His cell from the inside
A view down the hall where the major political prisoners were kept
The entrance to the island
The mainland Cape Town in the distance from the ferry
A great burger joint where we ate in Cape Town
A view down Long Street
The Twelve Apostles above Camps Bay
The beach at Camps Bay
Lion's Head
A Mexican place where we had lunch
The Hidden Valley winery was the first of our wine tasting stops in Stellenbosch
The architecture of the facilities were amazing
The vineyards above the Ernie Els Winery
The entrance into the Ernie Els Winery
Inside at Ernie Els Winery
We tasted all three of his wines for R30 ... one of which costs R525 for a bottle (about $70)
A view from the drive at Ernie Els
The Eckendale Winery, our third and final stop of the day
Cultivar where we stayed in Stellenbosch
Waterford Winery
We tasted 7 wines, 3 of which were paired with chocolate!
Kanonkop Winery
Fairview Winery (who had cheese with their tastings!)
Yet another rainbow on our trip!
