South Africa Part 7: Cape Town

Cape Town and the Karoo Scrub

Upon our arrival to the craziness of city life in Cape Town, we had wifi at our amazing hotel, so....no writing for a bit. We stayed close to the Kristenbosch Botanical Gardens and spent quite a bit of time there birding and plant watching and hiking. 

We accomplished most things on our to do list. 

4/16/16
Journal: 
Driving east and a little north of Cape Town to bird the dry hot thorny bush scrub. Nothing says honeymoon like all of those things put together! We had a bit of a rough time navigating the traffic of CT this morning, but once we emerged on the other side, there were mountains, mist, and after a long tunnel through a mountain, we were shot out on the other much drier side. Wine country...and Karoo scrub country. 
​An aside: 
Last night we at burgers, drank Guinness and appetizered on chicken livers! Yum.

We spent some lovely time exploring the Vrolijkheid Nature Reserve. The little towns nearby were great too, but of course, I didn't get photos. The scene really reminded me of the Australian outback. If you want to see some photos of the towns in the area, check this out!

That is me pointing at my husband on hour 6 of our day in 95F heat remembering the promise that we would, in fact, make it to the wineries before sundown. 

And....we were off! 

We made it to the only one that was still open, Mont Rochelle, but one was plenty! We did not see Richard Branson though. 

The botanical garden and...a hotel robe!!!

Husband looking lovingly at a protea of some sort. 

My love for this guy and rusks runs deep!

Best breakfast ever. Lumberjack appetite! 

Dress code, you say? I say, dazzle/distract them with power-clashing!