This morning we got up and had another good breakfast. We had a tour booked with another Tours By Local Gude, Clive. He was taking us to see seals, penguins, and the gardens.
The first stop was Houk Bay where we got on a boat and rode out to seal island. The islands were covered by seals. I was quite a site. The boat ride out there was rather bumpy and at one time a big wave hit the side of the boat. Thank goodness I was inside under cover.
After that we went on a nice coastal drive and stopped at Cape of Good Hope. We rode the funicular up to the top of the mountain. From there if you wanted to go to the light house there was quite a climb up stairs to get there. We opted to just look from below.
Our next stop was to see the Penguins. They were everywhere along the beach. We even saw one walking down the street. While we were there, we opted to eat lunch at the Seaforth restaurant where they had fresh fish. I had prawns with a small salad. It was delicious.
When we first started our day, Clive asked us if we had seen the Cheetahs the previous day. We had not and really wanted to see them. He said w could do that instead of the gardens if we wanted to. We decided to switch the 2 out. It was quite a drive to get there. When we were about 15 minutes away Pammy told him that we really wanted to do the private cheetah encounter. He got on the phone right away and called and talked to the head person what we wanted to do. They said it would be very expensive and we said ok. The exchange rate is in our favor now and I think it cost about $150 per person and we thought that was reasonable.
We were able to pet Romeo. He was absolutely beautiful. At times he would get up and start walking around so we had to step back until he settled down again. We also got to pet a Bat Eared Fox. She just laid down and went to sleep. It was a really good experience.
When we got back to the room we were really tired so we ate at the hotel and got packed up for our flight the next morning to Port Elizabeth. We will be starting our safari tomorrow at Shamwari.
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