NAMSA Fox Trip
Day 8
Started the day on the catamaran with hot chocolate and biscuits! Seeing seals, penguins and dolphins! Then Kleine Bogenvels (where we also caught a glimpse of a whale) … Grosse Bucht … Halifax Island …. and the off to Oranjemund … we spend the night @ Op My Stoep!
Day 9
From Oranjemund to Springbok … Crossing the border …MacDougall’s Baai, Port Nolloth George Moyses, an ex South African Navy diver who subsea mined diamonds from the ocean for many years. He’s built up a big collection of local history items and has displayed these in a wonderful eclectic display in his private museum he is a colourful character and a good man – straight down the line and one of those gems of the Diamond Coast …. then off to Springbok where we spend the night @ Springbok Inn Hotel .. amazing staff who walks the extra mile … BRAAI…
Day 10
Out in the reserves of Springbok … Namaqua land is the natural gardens with blooming wild flowers … what a sight to see! .. Goegap Nature Reserve .. Okiep …. Kamieskroon …
Day 11
… more wild Namaqua flowers … Leliefontein … Springbok ….
Day 12
From Windhoek to Lambertsbay! What a lovely lunch we had at Isabellas Restaurant Waterfront Lambertsbay … we checked into Grootvlei Guest Farm and had a great dinner at Melkbosskerm Lambertsbaai … what a experience!
Day 13
After a great breakfast … off to Fransschoek … Bushman paintings … caves .. more flowers … amazing scenery with Proteas, Araceae, mountains .. and also seen the longest train in our entire lives … about 600 carts! We spend the night at Klein Waterval Riverside Lodge and went for dinner @ Village Grill & Butcher!
Day 14
Nestled between towering mountains in the beautiful Cape winelands lies the magnificent Franschhoek Valley! We started the day with a journey by tram to the local wine estates where a knowledgeable wine guide weaves the facts, figures and scientific aspects of winemaking into interesting stories about Franschhoek’s history of wine and culture! … 3 course lunch … cellar tours…. tasting… ended the day at the lodge with lovely cheese platters at the fireplace while it drizzled outside!
Day 15
On our way to Cape Town! Cape Agulhas in South Africa is the southernmost point of the African continent and about 150 km east of the Cape of Good Hope! Ostridges .. penguins … ended the day with a great dinner … last dinner of NAMSA Fox Trip 2018
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