Having greatly enjoyed a holiday in South Africa driving from Cape Town along The Garden Route just 15 months previously, we decided to return to explore more in the area of Cape Town itself. The pictures are a short selection showing some of the delights and activities we came across.
Naval port at Simonstown
Funicular railway journeying up to Cape Point
Last stage of ascent to Cape Point lighthouse
Around the lighthouse on a very windy day
Penguins at Boulders
Backdrop to the Kirstenbosch (botanical gardens)
Nelson Mandela commemorated in the Kirstenbosch
Music and dance at Cape Town Waterfront
Bringing in the fishing nets at Fish Hoek
The harvest – Yellow tail fish
Seal Island off Hout Bay
Landing the tuna at Hout Bay
What handsome fellow!
A glimpse of the Table Mountain and the profile of an old man on the mountain side