Cape Penisula

What can I say today but it was absolutely spectacular. We started the day with Mr. Nathan telling all the students that today was South African Selfie Saturday, so the goal was to take as many selfies as possible.

We boarded our motor coach about 8 this morning and started heading for Cape Point.

One the way there, we stopped at a nice view spot and the kids got right onto taking pictures and enjoying the view. Continuing on the drive, we saw the real Mandela Park (a black township from the documentary we saw in Johannesburg). This gave the kids a little more perspective on where that all took place.

Once arriving at Cape Point, most of us hiked up to the lighthouse where we were greeted by a baboon who really liked the students backpacks and was quite aggressive in getting at them. That being said, he did sit still long enough to get some pictures of him. We came back down from the lighthouse and then hiked over to the Cape of Good Hope while learning about it's significance. It was a rather leisurely hike, stopping and taking pictures of the breathtaking views. Words cannot describe how beautiful it is. About half way to the Cape - some of the students took an additional hike down to the ocean to take more pictures.

Once to the Cape, we had a picnic lunch and enjoyed the view before heading off to see the penguins. We arrived at SimonTown and took a walk to the beach to see the African penguins. There are hundreds of them in this area. After seeing the penguins and taking more selfies, the students had the chance to walk through a market before heading back into Cape Town and hoping that we could get up Table Mountain. Unfortunately, we were not able to go up due to the weather (high winds and poor visibility).

Back to the hotel to freshen up a bit and then we were off to dinner for an African feast. They brought us many different types of African foods to try and when we found something we liked, we could ask for more. The wait staff also performed for us. The students all are beginning to realize tomorrow is our last day in this wonderful country and we taking pictures with each other and presented Linda and Faizel (our Cape Town guide) with thank you gifts and also celebrated Jacob's birthday. It was the perfect ending to a perfect day. We are now back at the hotel, packing up our things for an early start tomorrow for Robben Island and then begin our journey back home. I can't believe the time has flown by so fast.