Romanza

Any holiday maker visiting the town of Mossel Bay on the Garden Route and not going for a trip on the Romanza doesn't know what they are missing. The Romanza is run by the Klapwijk family and has been part of Mossel Bay holiday scene for over 25 years. She's a 16 Meter, 25 ton Hartley … Continue reading Romanza →

St Blaze Cave

The coastline to the west of Cape St Blaze in Mossel Bay is made up of impressive cliffs looming about thundering surf and over time the elements has formed a series of caverns along this coast. The early Khoi people took up residence in some of these caves and lived off the land and the ocean, surviving mostly … Continue reading St Blaze Cave →

Cape St Blaze Lighthouse

Although Mossel Bay has beautiful white beaches, the coastline from its western point onwards is a rugged and dangerous one. A lighthouse was erected on top of Cape St Blaze in 1864 and until recently was one of only two lighthouses on the South African coastline manned 24 hours a day.Until the late 1970s a clockwork system was … Continue reading Cape St Blaze Lighthouse →

Monkeyland

Monkeyland outside Plettenberg Bay is situated right next door to the stunning Birds of Eden. Monkeyland was establishment in 1998 and is the biggest multi species free range monkey sanctuary in the world. Monkeyland is a sanctuary for previously caged monkeys that has been rehabilitated and released into a natural environment. Visitors to the park are … Continue reading Monkeyland →

Birds of Eden revisited

Birds of Eden just outside Plettenberg Bay is one of the most awesome attractions on the Garden Route. I used to visit it quite often when I was a tourist guide and recently had an opportunity to pop in there with a couple of friends. This is the second visit to Birds of Eden that … Continue reading Birds of Eden revisited →

Klein Karoo landscape

The Klein Karoo is a narrow strip of land wedged between the Outeniqua Mountains to the south and the Swartberg Mountains to the north. Although its only about 70 kilometers wide, it stretched from the Langkloof in the direction of Cape Town as far as Montagu over a distance of a couple of hundred kilometers. … Continue reading Klein Karoo landscape →

V&A Clock Tower

Probably my favorite building at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town is the old Clock Tower. Situated on the far side from the main shopping centre area, the Victorian Gothic-style Clock Tower has always been an icon of the old docks and has become an important focal point in the Waterfront's recent developments. The building … Continue reading V&A Clock Tower →

Cape wreck

Lying just off the beach at Bloubergstrand in Cape Town for the last year or so is the wreck of the Turkish ship Seli 1. The Seli 1 apparently dropped anchor in Table Bay when the anchor broke off in large swells. The ship drifted towards shore and landed on a sandbank before being pushed … Continue reading Cape wreck →

V&A boats

My weekend in Cape Town was a bit of a dull and dreary one, so I didn't get to take too many bright pictures. Stopping by the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront, I wanted to get a couple of photos of the different boats in the harbour for a post. Not the best, but here they … Continue reading V&A boats →

Sandy Bay

Everybody in South Africa knows (or should know) the name Sandy Bay. It's probably the only public beach in the country where it's acceptable to let it all hang out. And with that I mean going nude (Like you didn't know what it means). So on my recent visit to Cape Town we were driving … Continue reading Sandy Bay →