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Cape Town Day 2 / Wed Mar 13

Our second day in Cape Town started by meeting Morne at the Silo Hotel for coffee. We're going on a golf and safari trip in South Africa this fall and he's the tour organizer. He was able to give us details about the trip and answer our questions.
We then went to check out the Table Bay Hotel which is where we'll be staying when we return to Cape Town this fall.

The Cape Town waterfront is a fun place with lots of shops and restaurants so walked around there for a bit.

 
 


 

Next we decided to take the Hop On Hop Off bus (blue route) and go to Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden. When you buy tickets for the bus you get ear buds so you can listen to the information they provide about what you're seeing along the route. Unfortunately the audio wasn't working so the bus stopped and had everyone get off. It stopped at the exact same place yesterday's bus did! Instead of waiting for another bus we went to browse around the native market that was just down the street.
 
After checking out the market we got on another Hop On Hop Off bus and rode to the gardens. It was beautiful there with Table Mountain in the background!


 
 
 
 
 

After walking around the park for a couple of hours we took another HoHo bus that drove along the coast. We went past Groot Constantia (oldest wine estate in South Africa), Hout Bay (fishing village), Camp Bay (beautiful homes), the Twelve Apostles (limestone stacks formed by erosion) and some very scenic areas. We also drove by some townships where you could see the poverty.
The Twelve Apostles Hotel
 
It was a beautiful day and so clear that you could see the top of Table Mountain. It isn't always that way so we decided to take the cable car to the top today. Since we went at the end of the day we saw the sun set while we were on the top.
 

View of the city from the top



 
 
 
 
 
 
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