Cape of Good Hope, Cape Town

The southern-most tip of Africa!!

After a morning of ooo-ing an awww-ing over African Penguins we headed south to the stunning Cape of Good Hope! The weather was perfect, the scenery was stunning, couldn't have asked for a better day.

African Penguins, Boulders, Cape Town

We arrived in Cape Town late last night and had planned to visit Table Mountain this morning, but to our demise they had decided to close the gondola due to bad weather and wind. As a result, we decided the next best option was to spend the morning visiting the absolutely adorable African Penguins in Boulders.

Wednesday Evening and Thursday Morning Safaris

Couldn't resist throwing this one in. Super yummy wine we had at dinner on Wednesday night. Silky Smooooth!!

The Spahhhhhh

After no sleep the night before and a 3.5 hour early morning safari I decided to hit the spa for the afternoon. I indulged in a 3 hour spa package which included a body scrub, hot stone massage and a manicure and pedicure. I dozed off somewhere between the hot stone massage and the manicure and didn't wake up until the end of my pedicure. I've often wondered if its considered a compliment or an insult when a person falls asleep on the massage table? Nevertheless, the experience was nothing short of spectacular and I left feeling relaxed, refreshed and ready for the evening safari.

Wednesday Morning Game Drive

Up bright and early for the 6:00 AM Safari,!! So amazing!! Saw so many incredible animals. The highlight was definitely the lion pride sighting. There must have been about 12 lions which ranged in age from baby cubs, to young adults to fully mature adults. The male lion was huge, and only 3 years old!! Would definitely not want to
stumble across him walking around in the bush. Not that I would ever do such a thing.

Sleepless in South Africa

Well I am officially suffering from some serious Jet Lag. It's 3:33 AM here and I haven't slept a wink all night!! I thought about taking a sleeping pill about an hour ago but realized I would probably be completely wrecked for tomorrow, not that my current state is going to leave me any better off...

Not really any point in trying to force myself asleep now since I'm expecting a wake-up call at 5:00 AM for my 6:00 AM safari. I will definitely be taking precautionary measures to make sure this doesn't happen again tomorrow night.

In the meantime, if anybody wants to chat on Skype go online because I CAN'T SLEEP!!!

Evening Game Drive

Some of the Rangers and Trackers

Zebras!!! They're stripes are like their fingerprints, each one is completely different and unique.

A Zebra with an Itchy Bum

Massive Male Giraffe!! Our Ranger Johan said he was about 16 years old. The darker their colour, the older they are.

Stunning.

The Three Ladies. Mamma with two little ones.

No big deal just a LION walking towards us!!

On the hunt

There's something up ahead in the bushes...

Stalking the Prey... Mom up the middle, the cubs flank to the sides.

African Sunset

Cocktails Anyone...?

Legendary

We met our Ranger Johan at 4:30 to begin our first evening safari. I'm at a complete loss for words and can't begin to describe all the amazing and incredible things I was just so fortunate to witness!!

One of the highlights was watching a mamma lioness and her two female cubs stalk a herd of wildebeests. Unfortunately they were unsuccessful, as one of the young was a bit too trigger happy and spoiled the hunt. Would have been super cool to see a kill. Maybe tomorrow...... Off to bed, wake up call is at 5:00am for the morning safari.