Travelogues Western Cape

It was much more active on the penultimate day. After a hearty breakfast at the hotel, we took an Uber to the starting point of a hike. The hike was meant to take us to Lions...

After our overnight stay in Swellendam, we headed towards Cape Town early in the morning. However, not taking the direct route. We decided to travel to Cape Town via the...

Cape of Good Hope

Today we continued from Stellenbosch to Cape Town, our route took us through Muizenberg and then to Fish Hoek and subsequently to Noordhoek, where we drove on Chapman’s Peak...

Clarence Drive

Unfortunately, today was the time to say goodbye to our beloved Cliff Lodge and its staff/owners. Today, I coordinated briefly with KKL and Helena observed the whales again at...

In the morning, I go for a beautiful run along the Coast Path. Then we start our road trip. First stop is in Swellendal - allegedly the prettiest small town in South Africa. We...

Am nächsten Morgen ging es dann, erneut über verschiedene Schotterpisten, an die Südspitze des Kontinents. Diese befindet sich ebenfalls in einem Nationalpark und nach einem...

Day 12 - Hermanus Once again, we were greeted by rain in the morning. After breakfast, Corina had a cuddle session with the dogs. Then we went to Gearings Point, where...

Day 11 - Hermanus Today we woke up at 8 o'clock and were shocked to find that the weather in Hermanus is still terrible. Nevertheless, we enjoyed our continental breakfast and...

Day 9 - Knysna Today Kosi slept until half past nine, while Corina has already gotten up at 7 and looked for new African dog names on the World Wide Web. So far we have 17...

Day 7 - Knysna After another delicious breakfast with Frenchtoast and Scrubnled Eggs, we packed our 7 things and drove towards Knysna. At the beginning, it was again a bumpy...

Day 4 - Oudtshoorn The day started with an excellent South African breakfast consisting of Fried Bread, Hard boiled Eggs with Cheese, Scrambled Eggs Toast, and much more. Then...

Today we were a bit out and about in Stellenbosch, visited the knick-knack shop 'Oom Samiw se Winkel' on Dorp Street. A paradise for collectors of curiosities. Then we visited...

After a good night's sleep, with frog croaking to fall asleep, we enjoyed the 'Swiss' breakfast again at Nicole's Gabalala Guesthouse. At around 09:30 a.m., we set off on our...

Today we slept in again, after the days with the wake-up call at 05:00, it was a different experience. After a good Swiss breakfast with Nicole (there was even Zopf and different...

Today we set off early to drive around the Cape Peninsula.

Um 5:30 klingelte mein Wecker heute morgen, wovon ich allerdings wenig mitbekam. Dank meiner inneren Uhr wachte ich zum Glück trotzdem um 5:45 auf, um um kurz nach 6 mein Taxi...

On Wednesday, we left at 6:30 in the morning by bus to Gansbaai, which is about a 2 1/2 to 3 hour drive away, to go shark diving! =D After arriving there, we had breakfast and...

even more impressions of the country and its people

After being quite relaxed on the first day and only visiting the mall, we did some sightseeing on the first real day. Before that, we visited an old acquaintance of my mother,...

Unfortunately, the weather in Knysna wasn't great the day before yesterday. It was quite chilly at 18 degrees Celsius and drizzling. We drove around the city, visited the lagoon...

After spending two days at home for Christmas, we headed to Cape Town. We drove for 20 hours with 20 people in two minibuses. When we arrived, we were really impressed. The...

Happy to have arrived in Cape Town, thanks to Christian: "super easy", we first enjoyed Tea Time at the wonderful hotel "The Clarendon Boutique". Afterwards, we went to the...

September 20, 2023 On our drive to Oudtshoorn we took a short walk along a beautiful forest path in the middle of incredibly tall, old, natural trees. In Plettenberg we had...

On the 14th day, we also had our first rainy day. We used this day to explore Cape Town or the Waterfront. So in the morning we took an Uber, which works exceptionally well here...

On the 13th day, we started relatively early again and after breakfast, we headed towards Table Mountain at around 9 am. Due to the unpredictable weather, we decided against...

On Sunday and Monday, we take it easy, enjoy the great breakfast at Cliff Lodge, and simply relax and enjoy the sweet idleness. For dinner on Sunday, we went to Blue Goose, more...

After a restful night, we set off for Hermanus. We decided to take the coastal route and drive through Gordon's Bay. After a short stop at "Pitts Stop" and 1.5 hours later, we...

After 2 weeks it is now going back to Cape Town via Bettys Bay (here you can also find some penguins) and a wonderful coastal road. And how do you know that you are back in the...