Earlier in October I had the immense pleasure of hosting long-time blogging friend John Steiner (of Journeys with Johnbo), his wife Lynn, John’s niece Patricia Broesder and her husband Gary on a tour of Cape Town and the Kruger National Park.
The iconic Table Mountain looms large over the city of Cape Town, rising to over 1km (more than 3,500ft) above sea level. Millions of people from all over the world visit the mountain annually, traversing it along the well planned network of pathways (always hike in groups!) or using the aerial cableway to get to the flat topped buttress in cable cars with rotating floors, which is the option we went with for our afternoon visit. While we were fortunate that the mountain was not covered in a table cloth of clouds the weather turned rather sour while we were waiting to ascend and it was rather chilly and windy when we got to the top, curtailing our exploration somewhat.
I am a fully accredited and legally registered tour guide (with all the necessary insurance, professional drivers license and first aid certification) – don’t hesitate to reach out if you’d like me to arrange a guided tour of Cape Town’s natural attractions and the rest of South Africa for you as well.
DeWetsWild 
There were so many memorable moments with Dries on our tour. I only wish we could have stayed longer in Cape Town, but that would have cut into our safari time.
Thanks, Dries, for teaching us so much about your beautiful country.
It really was my pleasure and privilege, John, and I can’t wait for you to return to South Africa as I still have so much I’d like to show you!
You and your colleagues are top notch guides, best of all, I am counting you all as friends.
Your kind words are sincerely appreciated, John, and the feeling is definitely mutual!
John must have been so thrilled that you were his guide, Dries.
Thanks, Tracy. It was a wonderful privilege to meet John and his family in person and to show them around two of South Africa’s natural treasures!
I appreciate the tour, virtually, and that’s incredibly cool you are a certified guide!
Thanks a lot, Ruth! I love being able to show off my country’s natural treasures.
I believe there’s a cave system there somewhere.
That might well be true, Petro, but it isn’t advertised – perhaps for people’s safety!
While I have walked up Table Mountain – and visited Cape Town many times – would you believe that I have never gone up in the cable car! Either the weather has been inclement or the long queues of cars have put me off. I am so pleased you were able to give your visitors a good tour. They chose well.
Thank you very much for the kind words, Anne! John and his family had a wonderful view of Table Mountain as their plane from the US came in to land, so it was nice to take them right up onto it!