Tag Archives: Cape Town

Our 2022 in pictures

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Join us for a look back at the wonderfully wild South African destinations we visited during 2022. May 2023 be a blessed year for you and your family, memorable for all the best reasons.

Satara Bungalow B50, December 2021 – January 2022
First sunrise of 2022
Tlopi Tent #1 (Plover), Marakele National Park, February 2022
Tlopi Tented Camp, Marakele National Park, seen from the Mbidi Loop
Beautiful scenery around Lake Mankwe in the Pilanesberg National Park (20 February 2022)
Chalet 12 in Mantuma Camp, uMkhuze Game Reserve, Isimangaliso Wetland Park, March 2022
uMkhuze scenery
Log Cabin 25, Cape Vidal, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, March 2022
Sunset over Lake St. Lucia
Hilltop Chalet 47, Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park, March 2022
View from Hilltop Chalet 47, Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park, March 2022
Chalet 16, Mpila, Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park, March 2022
White Umfolozi River
Joubert interacting with an elephant at African Hills Safari Lodge, June 2022
Cottage #18 in Leokwe Rest Camp, Mapungubwe National Park, June 2022
Iconic Mapungubwe: baobabs, elephants and rocky outcrops
Tent #10, “Loerie”, at Tlopi Tented Camp in Marakele National Park (June-July 2022)
Sunset at Tlopi
Sunrise over Marais Dam in Rietvlei Nature Reserve
Sandy Place unit 21, St. Lucia Town, October-November 2022
National Women’s Memorial in Bloemfontein
Looking out over Lake Saint Lucia and the forested dunes on Indian Ocean coast
Chalet #17 in Karoo National Park, December 2022
A normally dry Karoo streambed transformed into a flowing river
Van Breda Cottage in the West Coast National Park, December 2022
Salt marsh in the West Coast National Park, dominated by Glasswort Samphire
Tietiesbaai
West Coast Fossil Park
Table Mountain towering over Table Bay
Rhodes Memorial
Eland Cottage, Cape of Good Hope, Table Mountain National Park, December 2022
Hout Bay harbour
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, 23 December 2022
Aloe Canyons Guest Farm, December 2022
Koppie Alleen Beach in De Hoop Nature Reserve
Waskraalvlei in the Nuwejaars Wetlands Special Management Area
Protea Glamping, Kleine Windpompie Guest Farm, Klein Karoo, December 2022
View from our tented unit at Kleine Windpompie.
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Cape Town’s Finest Garden

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We spent most of our morning at the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, roundly considered one of the seven best gardens in the world. We certainly see why it would rank so highly and would love to share more pictures of this beautiful place when we are back home after the holidays.

Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, 23 December 2022
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, 23 December 2022
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, 23 December 2022

Seeing more of Cape Town

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We’ve spent the whole day exploring Cape Town’s scenic attractions – from Chapman’s Peak Drive to a seal tour out of Hout Bay, to a picnic in Tokai and a ride up-and-down Cape Point with the Flying Dutchman funicular (and many points in between). Lots to tell you about when we’re back home!

Hout Bay from Chapman’s Peak Drive
Hout Bay harbour
Cape Fur Seals
The Flying Dutchman Funicular is a convenient way to travel up to the Cape Point lighthouse
Looking out over the Cape of Good Hope
Bontebok on the beach at Buffelsbaai in the Table Mountain National Park

Iconic Cape Town

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We’ve arrived in Cape Town where we’ll be visiting the Table Mountain National Park and surrounds for the next couple of days. Here just a quick look at two of the city’s most iconic landmarks; Table Mountain and Robben Island. and one less well known, the memorial to Cecil John Rhodes.

Table Mountain towering over Table Bay
Robben Island
Rhodes Memorial