South Africa - WOW!!
We were totally overwhelmed by Cape Town, it is a beautiful city and there is just so much to do as well and so easy to drive around. We went to Table Mountain which is a must and went up in the cable car and once up there the views across Table Bay and the Atlantic are spectacular. Camps Bay was one of our favourite places to go for lunch and watch the world go by and there is a vast amount of excellent places to eat too. A must do is Chapman’s Peak drive, one of the World’s great Ocean drives and visit Cape point also. The list of things to do in Cape Town is endless really.
After Cape Town we drove into the Winelands and stopped at Somerset West for a couple of nights which is approx. 45mins from Cape Town itself. We visited numerous wineries including the renowned Vergelegen and Morgenster for a spot of wine tasting which was great fun.
Our next stop was Gondwana Game Reserve for two nights which is situated in the heart of the Garden route. Here we had 2 game drives per day and were lucky enough over the drives to see the Big Five. It is a private game reserve and Kwena Lodge itself only has 14 open plan suites so it is small, intimate and the food was amazing.
After here we continued driving the Garden Route which is stunning until we arrived to Plettenberg Bay. We stayed here for a couple of nights. Whilst here a trip to Knysna Elephant Park is a must, it’s a home for abandoned, orphaned and abused young elephants and you can interact and walk with the elephants.
Next stop was to work our way back towards Cape Town stopping at Swellendam, we stayed in the most beautiful guesthouse which only had 5 rooms and zebras in the garden…great place to break the journey and have some chill out time.
Then back to the Winelands we stayed in Franschhoek which is known as the culinary capital of the Western Cape. Beautiful little town with a street lined with amazing restaurants so we sampled a few of those. Whilst in Franschhoek we went Wine tasting on horseback for 4.5hrs…this was absolutely wonderful and a fabulous experience and would highly recommend it to do. Maybe not for the 4.5hrs though can get a little sore!
Then it was back to Cape Town for our last 3 nights before heading home.
I can honestly say that this was one of my most favourite holidays and a country that I want to go back for sure. It was so easy to drive, the people were very friendly and the food and wine was amazing and extremely good value too.
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