A few shots from of the Cape of Good Hope form a hike along the shore in the National Park...

With rocks...

With sand...

With a Cape fur seal and a few cormorants...

Grey tree-pincushion (Leucospermum conocarpodendron) in bloom

Just for fun...

 Lone surfer...

Silvermine nature reserve is located around a pass on the Old Kaapse weg (old Cape Town road). It's an ideal place for a hike with magnificent view on the peninsula.

Despite its name, silver was never found there and the water from the reservoir is now only used for the Golf course (a huge waste if you'd ask me). The water is so rich in tanins from the Fynbos that it's red!! It's totally safe to swim in, just a bit surprising! At least there the water is way warmer than the Ocean!

Silvermine reservoir with Table Mountain and Lion's Head in the background

Hout Bay

Long beach along Kommetje and Noordhoek

The Cape gaunt colony at Lambeerts Bay is one of the last remaining 6 breeding  colonies in South Africa. It is located on Bird Island Cape Nature Reserve (free for WildCard members).

It's a great place to spend a couple hours watching these noisy birds interacting and flying around.

Full flight

Preparing to land

Beak scissoring

One among hundreds...

You saying??

Mid December 2016, my best friend Sam and I left the farm on the Free State for a long journey of 1 300km across the country... Our destination?? The West Coast!!

You could say we have the Indian ocean just 3 hours East from us but no, we wanted to see the Atlantic ocean, on the other side of the country and contient!

so we drove for 1.5 days across the Karoo and reached our gaol at Doring Baai. Charming little fisherman village, with is lighthouse, fish shop and abalone farming business.

Where the ocean meets the land..

During Baai lighthouse

Atlantic waves...

Our kitchen for the night...

Hell of a sunset