Kirstenbosch Garden is huge. We spent 6 hours exploring it all.
We were intrigued by the fynbos plants. We couldn't figure out the term. It just means native to the cape region. Which has more plants than any other of the flower kingdoms, six thousand of the nine thousandplus in the world, honest, look it up.
We really enjoyed the animals as much as the plants. We saw 3 week old baby owlets, guinea fowl and a tortoise.
Robben Island is where Nelson Mandella and many other political prisoners were kept.
Lots like Alcatraz with a much longer and rougher boat ride. We did see whales and dolphins not too far off. All the passengers rushed to that side of the boat which seemed a little scary. We thought they should spread out a bit.
The tour guide was really interesting, the prisoners had illegal group discussions covering topics such as current events from snuggled newspappers, political strategies and writings by Mandella and other leaders. Pretty grim conditions but a great view of Cape Town. That's the tablecloth on table mountain.
We were taken out to Stellenbosh and Franschhoek by our friend Retha and her husband Johan. Food, wine and gardens, it doesn't get any better than that.
We tasted wine at Le Motte owned by the Rupert Family's- richest guy in South Africa. Good stuff too. We caved and bought some to bring home.
The babylonstoren garden was pretty interesting, they have a hotel, farm store, cafe and resaurant, orchards.
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