Day 49, 3/7/24 Day 2 of 2 in Cape Town South Africa

Rose up super early for a Safari game reserve that is 2.5 hours away

The Drive to Aquila that begins at dawn is beautiful, reminds me of the drive to Northern California…. Lined with
Majestic mountains, vineyards and vegetations

Aquila game reserve, modern way of doing safari, combining safari with spa 😎

The thousand acre land feels like  “jurassic park” complete with gates and electric barb wire… But animals in there were running free, seem happy and lazy
The big 5 sans leopard… Rhino’s. Buffalos, elephants, lions and leopard are called the big 5 in South Africa
More of the big 5s minus leopard
Non big 5s…..zebras are our favorite… The baboons went into a tizzy fit right in front of us….guess that’s just banoons being baboons
The game reserve really wined and dined us, with welcome drink and buffet lunch

I guess you figured out by now this is a very touristy safari with no guns or tents, but it did gives us a glimpse of what the real thing is like….

Wine country : We never knew South Africa is a major Wine country, we do not have time for a wine tour but we bought some (2 actually as the ship only allows one bottle per person) South African wine at a very good price…. Met a traveling wine connoisseur from US who confirmed that South Africa wine is indeed pretty impressive

Pinotage is a South African red!! Only heard of pinot noir before… Did not know it has a cousin🤔

We love Capetown!! Besides the beautiful sceneries , everyone we met is professional, calm and amicable….. They all exudes sense of pride of their beautiful country… Its amazing to see them come to this after all that they have been through, their history written in blood and tears…

Another country we will surely be back again for longer stay!!

Last glimpse of South Africa is the Robben island where Nelson Mandela spent 18 years there in prison…. People here spoke of him with such adoration… He really brought South Africans together and leap frog south Africa forward in world stage

Cheers Madeba and Bye Cape Town!!

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