The next day I was picked up again from the hotel except this time I had the tour guide to myself. Our first stop was in the Table Mountain National Park at the Boulders Visitor Centre. This is where I got to see penguins – hundreds and hundreds of them – just standing about on the beach. The wind was so strong that at times I had to stand behind a rock because the sand would hurt my face. As far as I can remember, besides the Vancouver Zoo, I have never seen penguins. They make the strangest sounds.
After admiring the penguins and trying to get the sand out of my ears we headed to Cape Point. I have been waiting for a long time to visit Cape Point for the very same reason that most people want to go there – it’s the point at which the two bodies of water meet (Atlantic and Indian) and is considered the most southern tip of Africa. Or so we all think, including most South Africans. It seems most of the city’s tourism is built around these two rumours! In fact, there is another point in South Africa which is actually where the two oceans meet and is the most southern tip of Africa – Cape Agulhas.
Well it wasn’t that disappointing – it was still a beautiful sight.
The next stop was the Cape Point Ostrich Farm. I saw both adult and baby ostriches which I fed. I also learned a lot about how they mate and how large the male ‘mating organ’ is – information that I didn’t care to know but now I can’t forget. You should look it up. The drive back to the hotel was beautiful – we drove along the coast which reminded me a lot of the coast line in Australia.
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