Flora and Fauna of the Cape

I was totally overwhelmed by the animal life I spotted during our day trip to the Cape of Good Hope. At first I thought I wouldn't see anything, that all quickly changed when we passed a troop of Baboons on the road! It was so exciting, and a bit nerve wrecking, you see so many signs. Baboons are dangerous, keep your windows up, don't feed them etc etc..... They were pretty chill guys, just hanging out by the roadside hoping for a tasty hand out.
The Ostriches on the other hand were so fascinating! They are such HUGE, awkward birds,  we got really close to one till I got too paranoid about going off the path. I kept hoping we would stumble upon a nest of eggs or something cool like that, but no luck. We also saw large antelope called Eland They are the largest species of Antelope, and standing at over 6 ft in height they looked giant even from a long distance, like really big cows with curved horns.
That's just the animals, I haven't even said anything about the gorgeous plant life. The cape has been described as  "one of the richest areas for plants in the world" who knew that my current backyard is home to nearly 20% of the continent's flora. Africa is an incredible place the more I see, the more I want to learn about it.

Penguins!!!

Penguins are the most adorable things ever! I could have watched them and photographed them for hours. I was lucky we made it just in time to see a few of them. They close Boulders Beach around 6:30 pm in the summer, we got there at 6:00. I guess a few years ago there were only two breeding pairs left, but the colony has now grown to about 3,000 although they are still considered a vulnerable species. They used to be called Jackass Penguins because of the braying noise they make, they are now called the 'African Penguin', I think their new name is much sexier.

Christmas day adventures

Cape point is close to the Southern most tip of Africa (the actual southern most tip is Cape Agulhas), we had a stunning Christmas day exploring the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve, This part of the park is home to an array of fynbos, (native plants) over 250 species of birds, antelope, baboons, Cape mountain zebra, and ostriches. The beauty and vastness of this spot is so breathtaking. I kept saying to Jon, can you believe how gorgeous this is! Since we were so far away from family and friends it was good for us to go out and have an adventure instead of sitting at the flat moping.

More posts to come, with some animals in them.

Camps Bay Day

This black stuff on the left is dried kelp or some kind of seaweed that washes ashore you can see it out in the water as well.