After many flights and many books, we arrived home Wednesday evening. Sure, we are jet-lagged but a very small price to pay for such a fantastic trip.
The drive from the wine country (where we spent Christmas) to Capetown was along this beautiful coastline.
We hiked to the top of Table Mountain. This was a very challenging hike...we celebrated that night with one of the best meals we have ever had at Cape Grace Hotel.
At our game park, there were 3 female elephants. The male elephant was recently culled because it was becoming aggressive and now supposedly the females are being good girls. Might have fooled us...our final safari drive included a "mock" (so he says) charge of one of the elephants. When it started to charge, it was close enough to touch.
The giraffes were plentiful and majestic. They were so calm and peaceful to watch. Did you know that giraffes are unable to make any sort of sound? If there is danger they just all face the direction of danger. Also they sleep laying down but with their heads (and necks) completely erect. Funny sight to see.
And the cheetah's! What stunning creatures (and I think they know it by how they posed for our photos).
One day we took our rental car and our safari partners (from Boulder, CO) on our own safari at the neighboring National Park. We started at 4am in order to catch a glimpse of a lion. After 8 hours of careful searching, we gave up. On our way out of the park, there was a complete traffic jam of cars and landrovers watching this young male lion. What a sight!
3 comments:
Those are great pictures. I can't wait to hear more on Sunday.
No WAY are those real...I know they are, I'm just amazed...super thrilling. Can't wait to experience the extended picture tour!
Oh sure. Always blame the male.
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