This morning we departed Cape Town on a flight to Durban (British Airways). Once we arrived there we got a snack for the long drive to the St. Lucia Estuary. I got some food at KFC as we only had 30 minutes to find food. We had one hiccup – the air conditioning…
Today we had a free day. There were a couple of optional tours available (Winelands and shark cage diving), however the shark diving was preemtively cancelled due to the weather. Table Mountain opened at 08:00. We met for breakfast at 08:00. There was a heavy rain just before 08:00. We checked the website and…
Today’s originally scheduled itinerary included a visit to Table Mountain and Robben Island. However mother nature decided not to cooperate, so both were cancelled. There is no hope to go to Robben Island as the next available tour would not be until Thursday and we fly in the morning to Durban. We will attempt…
Today was our first day in Cape Town. Breakfast was at 06:30. We had a short briefing at 07:30. We left the hotel at 08:20. We took a scenic drive along the coast through Camps Bay to Chapman’s Peak. We continued through Hout’s Bay to the Cape…
After a long journey I finally arrived on South Africa. My flights were: United 44 from Houston to Washington DC (Dulles) = 2.5 hours. South African Airways 210 from Washington DC to Johannesburg (with a stop in Accra, Ghana) about 9 hours for the first section and 6 hours for the next. Then…