I'm an Eastern Cape boytjie through and through and I have so many wonderful destinations and places to visit right in my backyard, but I do enjoy to venture a little further every now and then and is always open to invitations *wink*. The Cape will always stay one of my favorite places away from home province and on my last visit I drove over Kloof Nek where I decided to stop and check out the Kloof Nek Cannons. I…
My quick two day visit to Cape Town for the e-Tourism Africa Summit just wet my appetite for a bit of a Cape holiday again. Not that I know when I'll get the opportunity but I do know that I need some explore time in the city again. The three things I would really like to do is a tour of the underground tunnels that run through the city bowl, to hike up Table Mountain via Platteklip Gorge and to do…
A bit of an unusual view of the upper cable station on top of Table Mountain seen from near the top of Kloof Nek (unusual unless you live in Cape Town and come along this road often that is)
Tafelberg is die Moederstad en sekerlik Suid-Afrika se bekendste landmerk. Die berg is 'n UNESCO Wêrelderfenisgebied asook een van die Sewe Natuurwonders van die wêreld. Dit is ook my berg. Of altans so voel dit. Ek het nog nooit in Kaapstad gewoon nie, maar wanneer ek die berg sien dan is dit asof ek huistoe verlang. Ek groet die berg elke keer as ek in die Kaap aankom en weer as ek vertrek. Daar is 'n band van een of ander soort tussen…
Die Tafelbergreeks strek van Tafelberg tot by Kaappunt en het heelwat bekende pieke en landmerke wat deel van die bergreeks uitmaak. Bo en behalwe Tafelberg self is daar ook Leeukop, Duiwelspiek en Seinheuwel met die Twaalf Appostels wat die mees prominente pieke aan die Atlantiese kant van die Skiereiland is. Die Twaalf Appostels maak vir die perfekte agtergrond teen die luukse strande van Clifton en Kampsbaai.
One of the newest attractions in Cape Town is the 40 meter high Wheel of Excellence at the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront. The big wheel has 30 fully-enclosed cabins and the 15 minute ride literally gives one a bird eye view of the Waterfront and surrounding Mother City. When the Kidz heard that we were going on a big wheel there was a lot of apprehension, specially from Drama Princess who is always a bit weary of the unknown, but once we…
The last couple of posts featured visiting Table Mountain and going up by cable car as well as the fabulous panoramic views and view sites on top of the mountain. But all the pictures was taken from the mountain itself, so for today's post I wanted to show the view of the actual mountain as seen from the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront.
The view from the top of Table Mountain is magnificent, awesome, stunning, breathtaking, beautiful, blêrrie mooi, unbeatable, c'est magnifique... and so I can go on. How do you enhance that view even more? You get a couple of people to sit right on the edge - or just use an angle to make it look like they do - and take a picture of them enjoying that (all the above adjectives all over again) view. In this case they were…
Perhaps it's only me, but this angle of the cable car approaching the Upper Cable Station on Table Mountain is probably one of the most iconic and recognisable Table Mountain photo opportunities not showing the actual mountain. I especially like this angle when the low clouds push in from the sea and you only see the top of Lions Head sticking out above it. Now if I can just get the opportunity to photograph it which isn't the easiest thing to…
One of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. Situated within an Unesco World Heritage Site. Part of a National Park. Not just one of Cape Towns most iconic landmarks, but also one of South Africa's. Who I am? Sound like a question from a game show with the obvious answer being Table Mountain. Now I hope nobody got it wrong though. Table Mountain was on the top of our list of places to visit while in Cape…