March 31 Cape of Good Hope

After breakfast we all jumped in the van to head to Table Mountain National Park. We drove three hours to the very tip of Africa. We did several hikes that were phenomenal. The wind was unbelievable and we had to hang on to our hats and glasses. We could actually lean into the wind. Brendan, being the lightest, had the most difficult time. Every step he was blown to one side or the other. We had to hang on to him well when we were climbing!

Kryt brought us to the most spectacular restaurant, the Two Oceans, for lunch. Exceptional cuisine at excellent prices. Kyrt It reminded Joe and I of eating on the coast of Big Sur while on our honeymoon.

We hiked up to Cape Point. The view of the crashing waves, rivers of kelp, and surrounding mountains was breath-taking. It was a good hike up. We were all up for walking back down but Kyrt insisted that we take the funicular so that we could fit in more sights before the end of the day.

Sabrina wanted to take sunset pictures so we stopped at Camp’s Bay. What was meant to be a five-minute stop ended up being well over an hour because we were all so entertained. We watched the waves crashing, the surfers, and the swimmers (brave ones as the water temperature was around 8 and 12 degrees!).

We had a lovely seafood dinner and then watched a film on South Africa (Kyrt and RJ have a giant screen, like a personal theatre – spectacular and much appreciated by all of us, especially the boys!).