Cape Town 31 December 2011 – 9 January 2012 Pt. 2
Posted by oeifendy on 5 January 2012
5 Jan took a half-day trip to see the township near Cap Town city called Langa. Very hard to imagine that 3 families (11 ppl) can live in a size of one HDB common room. There are only 3 single beds in the room for 11ppl. The so called kitchen is also inside the room. I saw one of the beds has got TV on it … poverty …
Langa Township, Cape Town, South Africa
Langa Township, Cape Town, South Africa
After lunch took half-day Wineland tour. Had wine tasting of 2 white wines and 1 red wine at Zevenwacht. Also had wine tasting of 2 white wines and 3 red wines at Saxenburg. I was drunk already … Then we toured around Stellenbosch University.
Zevenwacht, Stellenbosch Wine Route, South Africa
6 Jan picked up at 6:30am. There were 5 of us … 1 lady from England, 1 man from LA and a couple from Brazil. Passed through Robertson, Ashton, Route 62, Montagu, Ronnies Sex Shop, Ladismith, Calitzdorp, Oudtshoorn. 12:30 reached Cango Cave. There are two options here either doing standard one which is 900m walk or adventurous one which is 1500m. We went for adventurous one. Very interesting and quite challenging. We entered at 13:30. We had to squad, crawl, climb in a very low and narrow path. Heard there was someone who actually stuck for 11hrs in that cave. Left the cave at 15:30 then stopped at ostrich farm for a while. Drove back to Oudtshoorn toward Garden Route. Passed through George the smallest city in South Africa, Wilderness Beach and finally arrived at the place we were gonna stay for a night in Sedgefield at a hostel very close to the Myoli Beach. Sunset was at 19:30.
Cango Cave, South Africa
Cango Cave, South Africa
Cango Cave, South Africa
Myoli Beach, Sedgefield, South Africa
7 Jan left hostel at 7:30. Passing through Knysna toward Plettenberg Bay Game Reserve. Had 2 hours game drive to see some animals then moved on to monkeyland for lunch then visited elephant sanctuary and crossing from western cape to eastern cape.
Lion and Lioness in Plettenburg Bay Game Reserve, South Africa
Finally it’s time for my very first bungy jump ever at Bloukrans world’s highest bungy jump bridge at 216m. Was I scared? Indeed I was! From the DVD I bought it was obvious how noob I was when jumping hehe … great great great experience for me though! I had to walk to the middle of the bridge through the small platform and it was quite scary too! I was with 4pm group and the forth person to jump.
Bloukrans World's Highest Bungybridge
That's me! Don't Play Play! Bungy Jumping from World's Highest Bungybridge
After the jump headed straight to the TUBE ‘n AXE Backpackers Lodge in Tsitsikamma at 6pm. Nice lodge with camping area, hammock, pool table and foosball table. At night it’s all about drink drink and drink.
8 Jan 7:30 went to Tsitsikamma Falls Adventure to do ziplining about 20mins from the lodge. Went through 8 lines and it was quite fun. Drove back to Cape Town and on the way we stopped at a place called The Heads to have a great view of the beach from the top. Arrived back to Cape Town at 17:30. Had dinner of 12 King Prawns at my favourite restaurant Ocean Basket.
Tsitsikamma Falls Adventure Ziplining, South Africa
King Praws, Ocean Basket, South Africa
