Day 71 - Cape Town, South Africa (Day 2)

 Wednesday was our second day in Cape Town.

My excursion was a 10 hour one day Safari, I went to  the Aquila Game Reserve. This is a 4,700 acres reserve. It was a 2 1/2 hour drive each way but the scenery was  spectacular.


First light over the harbor.




Clouds on Table Mountain. Glad we went there yesterday






first sight of the sun




Aong the way. Fields of grapes


Mountainous terrain

We went throgh a 2 1/2 mile long tunnel



More fields of grapes







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First animals we saw were giraffes




A hippopotamus

Cape Buffalo


Rhinoceroses



a springbuck

zebras


lions




oryx





baboons












a refreshment stop



ostrichs


on the way back to Cape Town





table mountain from the other side










getting ready to leave at 11PM

A local group on young people came on the ship to sing some native songs  for us. After they eft the ship they sang more song from th entrance of the cruise terminal

letting loose the lines

moving away from the dock

sailing away




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