The camp and equipment of the honorary park rangers.
Common dolphin.
One of the poorer neighbourhoods we passed by.
The harbour of Knysna.
Typical of the drive.
The 'Lando' of GAdventures, which replaces the big overland vehicle that John and I traveled on.
Cango Caves.
Ostriches on a breeding farm.
Wednesday, December 13th.
We left this morning at 7:00 and drove
through some very beautiful countryside. I have been negligent in
mentioning how beautiful the countryside is. We have driven through
farming areas, mountainous areas, dry parched areas and through many
managed forests that are grown for logging. We stopped for a break at
a lovely little seaside town called Knysna. This is a retirement and
tourist town. We stayed for an hour before heading off again. We
stopped in the town of George because Valaria is leaving the tour
early in order to go to Botswana. Then we stopped once more for a
lunch and a grocery shop. We met the Gadventures purple bus there and
I talked to the guide for a bit and asked about his trip, which
turned out to be an upgraded tour with only six people. He told me
that his parents both work with my friend GP in the Cape Town office,
and told me to say hi to the when I visit him. Then we boarded the
truck again for the drive to the Cango Caves. We drove through the
Karoo region. This is an area of arid land that supports succulent,
cactus type vegetation. The Cango Caves are the largest cave system
in the Africa. We had a guided tour through about 600 metres of the
cave system and saw some beautiful stalactites and stalagmites.
After that we drove through ostrich
country, where people farm them for their feathers and to make
leather, on our way to our campsite for the night. This was a normal
campground with regular campers not the upscale ones we saw on the
coast.
wow those are some badass caves!!
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