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As it is a peninsula, the hiking trails almost always follow the coastline, mostly across mountains and rocks. However, due to our limited time, we drove directly to the 'Cape of...

Yes, we were already quite nostalgic at the thought that this wonderful vacation would be over soon. Hermanus bid us farewell with rain, sun, and rainbows. On the way to Cape...

All the weather apps said that we can look forward to a sunny day today. In the early morning, while drinking coffee on our terrace, the sky was clear, a bit windy, and the sea...

The Hermanus Beach Villa, where we are staying for two days, is located right by the sea. Salome, the hostess, was waiting for us as if she knew we were arriving. She welcomed us...

Then we set off for Hermanus. We had 360 kilometers ahead of us, the longest tour of the trip. We started at 9 am and arrived at our destination around 4 pm. But don't think it...

At 9 o'clock we started towards Oudtshoorn. We turned inland and made a quick stop in George, a larger city that didn't particularly impress us at first glance, but we just wanted...

The morning already started with overcast skies. Due to the weather forecast, we decided to do sightseeing by car. We originally wanted to go to Noetzi, an idyllic beach with...

What a day! Incredible and unexpected temperature fluctuations have challenged us today. But let's start from the beginning. We got up very early as usual and had already had...

On this day, we also booked a zip-line tour, this time through the rainforest, and again we went from one treetop to another hanging on a steel cable. It was even more impressive...

South Africa/ Day 8 (Mon.) - 29.8.2016 Gerhard's bird was back! What a joy for everyone involved. After breakfast, we left, said goodbye to Gerhard, and drove to the city to...

The day started with Gerhard being very sad because his fat, brown-red bird with a fluffy belly did not come to feed from his hand. He had shown me a video of his bird eating from...

We were sad to say goodbye, but we were also excited for new adventures, so we headed towards Knysna after breakfast.

The night was good on the heating blanket. During our morning coffee on the terrace, we had visits from many different colorful birds and - I believe - Kudus. There were two Kudu...

South Africa/ Day 4 - August 25, 2016 Early this morning, after breakfast, we drove from the relatively barren region at the western end of Route 62 with its steep bare mountains...

Today, we woke up again before 6 am because we fell asleep too early. It was winter-like 3 degrees outside on the terrace, but it didn't matter. I had packed my winter jacket just...

Then we set off. Across Capetown towards the Garden Route, past numerous townships, huge and as far as the eye can see.

I am starting the journey that I returned from just two days ago and that I consider, at least until the next one, the most exciting, varied and thrilling of my life. From August...

Look forward to stories, anecdotes, childish observations, and subjective descriptions of my travel experiences!