Hermanus
Next we head down to Hermanus on the coast which is a lovely seaside resort about 1.5 hour from Cape Town. It is also a great place for whale watching from both the shore and sea, close to quite a few vineyards and just a nice place to chill after the early mornings on safari.
There is also some unfinished business. Last time we were here Paul booked to dive with the great white sharks but it got called off due to bad weather, this time fingers crossed.
With the sharks finally ticked off it was off to see the Dolphins, an early start was needed to avoid the big swell and they didn’t disappoint.
The Cape, Camps Bay and the Winelands
Finally we head to the Cape for some R&R but instead of staying in Cape Town on the waterfront as we did last time we’ve decided to treat ourselves and stay at The Bay Hotel in the chilled out suburb called Camps Bay and from here we can explore Cape Town and everything else the Cape has to offer.
First up is a private tour exploring the Cape. We did see the Cape 21 years ago but are visiting some slightly different areas this time. Our first port of call was a cool suburb called Bo-Kap
Later we did a tour of the Cape taken in all of the highlights
The next day was a private tour wine tasting in Paarl, Stellenbosch and Franshoek.
First stop was Fairview Estate at 10:30, 6 wines with cheese – £3.75, another three vineyards await. Have to be careful may spend over a tenner😅🍷
Next stop was the Delaire Graff Estate, famous for diamonds. It wasn’t £3.75 here but if you are going to be a bear be a grizzly. Grounds were amazing, wine was superb and they also do a mean mixed charcuterie board
Finally we had two days on the hop on hop off bus to experience Cape Town.