Cape of Good Hope



The lovely mild sunny weather continued today as we travelled down the Atlantic coast from Cape Town to the Cape of Good Hope, the southernmost point of Africa. We took the coast highway and were treated to spectacular views of the rocky, mountainous terrain that is so typical of this part of the African seaboard. 

We were struck by the number of road signs warning people to avoid baboons. Out tour leader explained that baboons are very aggressive and clever and will steal from people and cars if given any chance at all. If you are walking along near a baboon and holding any kind of food or drink the baboon is highly likely to attack you and steal it – and you may get hurt in the process. The are clever enough to test car doors and if one opens they will get straight in and tear it apart looking for food. If you see it and try and chase it out it will crap in the car. Glad we don’t have any in Oz!
In the afternoon we drove to an area where we could view a large colony of African Penguins. The African Penguin is bigger than the Fairy Penguins you can see down at Phillip Island but they are still not all that huge. 

Photos: note the baboon on the car in the second photo. The third photo is of an Elan.











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