A highlight of my trip to Cape Town was getting to visit the Cape of Good Hope section of Table Mountain National Park. The nephew of an expat friend, my guide was deeply knowledgeable about the local flora and fauna and his deep love for South Africa’s natural areas was evident. In addition to a drive along and throughout the entire Cape of Good Hope area, we also two short hikes and a few opportunities for wildlife and scenic viewing.
We saw lots of cool animals: large Eland and diminutive Bontebok, rock dassies (tiny relative of the African elephant), baboons, and penguins. Boulders penguin colony is crawling with the things and they’re used to humans. You’ll see in the shots below that they were comfortable with us barely two feet away.
