12 Apostles from Camps Bay
We left Cape Town and headed along the coast past some of Cape Town's beaches and stopped at Camps Bay for tea and muffins. The water here is freezing as it come straight from the Antarctic so definitely no swimming here ;) As we were walking along the beach we caught sight of a whale playing in the bay, it was so close! Absolutely amazing!
After the excitement we headed along Chapmans Peak drive. This route is very scenic. You drive along, with the ocean on one side and sheer cliff face on the other, hoping that no rocks will come loose and tumble down - on some parts of the road there are nets to catch falling rocks!! The views here are just beautiful.
As we rounded a corner we came across the whitest beach we've ever seen (Witsand Beach) - we found a pathway down to the beach (the banks were quite steep) and just chilled for a bit, taking in the views and watching a few people brave the cold waters to surf. The sand was incredibly soft here, and we could see to Cape Point which looked misty with the clouds coming off the ocean.
We booked into our B&B which was just fabulous - one of the best we've stayed in so far - we had ocean views from our bedroom and our own private balcony. We originally thought about going to Cape Point the following day as the mist we saw coming in looked really thick but it was recommended that we go today as the weather was forecast to get worse... so we left straight away and en route we came across a load of baboons in the road - scary (but the babies were cute;)
Our first stop was the lighthouse at Cape Point. From there we could see whales swimming around the point and we even managed to spot some seals playing around in the surf below.
Our first stop was the lighthouse at Cape Point. From there we could see whales swimming around the point and we even managed to spot some seals playing around in the surf below.
Far from home (left), Monkey giving directions (right)
Next was Cape of Good Hope where we stopped for sunset with a "glass" of Franshoek red. It was just beautiful sitting there watching the sun setting, we then realised that it was getting late and the park closed at 7 and it was 6.45! Oops, so we drove on only to realise that the full moon was rising behind us and further on it was an even more amazing to find the mists coming in around us and trickling over the mountain edges. Nature at its best!
We managed to make it home safe with some take away fish & chips to have on our balcony. We had exquisite views of the full moon shimmering over the ocean bay. As we were sitting there, enjoying the peacefulness and thinking about the beautiful views we experienced that day, we heard some odd sounds out in the distance - Marc thought it was warthogs from the farm next door, Evelyn thought it was whales.... and typically Evelyn was right as the next morning we awoke to the same sounds and discovered that it was whales in the bay outside our room!
After a lovely brekkie on the veranda (from which we could still see the whales) we went to Boulders Beach, home to colonies of African Penguins. It was a pitty they were moulting as they don't swim or eat during this time, so they just sat about in the shade looking a tad messy, but still very cute. When not moulting, you can swim with the penguins around you.
When we left Simons Town we came across a whale in the bay and loads of cars had pulled over to watch it splach about which was the perfect ending to our Simons Town adventure.
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