Cruising Capetown

April 7-9, 2013 Capetown, South Africa

the crazy road along the coast

Today we were in Capetown, South Africa.  We went on a Cape of Good Hope tour.  This took us to the point that is the furthest south and west that you can get on the continent of Africa.  We passed the point that is the most southern in Africa during the previous night. 
Our drive was a long one on a zig sagging and high road.  It went down the coast. 

the funicular at cape point

 

 

 

 

At the Cape , we took a funicular, a type of train, up to the top lookout.  We also climbed up to the old lighthouse. 

 

african penguin

Next we went to the Boulder Bay where they have African penguins.  We walked along a wooden boardwalk out to where the penguins nest by the ocean.  We saw a lot of African penguins.  We even saw some babies and eggs.  I saw one swimming in the ocean.  It was cool to see the penguins.

see the egg

 

 

 

After lunch, I bought an African instrument called a marimba.  It is played with your thumbs and has a hole like a guitar.   It is made out of a coconut. 



lazy cheetah

 

 

On our second day we did something really exciting.  We went to a cheetah reserve.  We saw about a dozen cheetahs here.  They are trying to help save the cheetahs. 



me petting the cub

Mom & I did a cub encounter.  This means we got to go in a pen with 2 baby cheetahs.  They are 9 months old and have been here since they were 1 month old.  We got to pet them on their sides and backs.  You cannot touch their tails.  They wouldn’t really settle for a photo op because it was rainy and cool.  Normally when it is warm they are laying about. 

beautiful cheetah

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a macaroni penguin

In the afternoon we went to an aquarium.  We saw Macaroni penguins, a ton of fish.  We also saw a huge eel.  They also had a great white shark there.  It was scary looking. 



me in a tank of clown fish

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

great white

 

Our last day in Capetown, we went shopping for souvenirs.  We went to a craft market and I even got a magic set.  We also bought one for Lito, our wine steward, because he like magic a lot.