Blogs from Oudtshoorn, Western Cape, South Africa, Africa - page 3

Heute morgen war wieder Action-Programm angesagt. Nichts desto trotz haben wir uns es erst mal beim Frühstück gut gehen lassen und uns dann gemütlich fertig gemacht. Dann ging es gegen 9.30 Uhr also Richtung Oudtshoorn los. Wir waren nicht vorbereitet, auf die völlig veränderte, wirklich schöne Natur: grüne Landschaften, 800m hohe Pässe, Steppen, rote Berge u.a. Ein absoluter Wahnshinn und sicherlich vielmehr das, was man sich von Afrika erwartet hat. Aber weiter bis Oudtshoorn mit unserer Ford-Schüssel.... Dort haben uns erst mal 35 Grad im Schatten und eher ein Touri-Programm erwartet: wir haben uns eine Straußenfarm angesehen. Die Tiere sind lustig und vor allem sehr neugierig. So stiehlt Sissi, the sipper, gerne den Schmuck, während Jack, the ripper nur noch straussenherzen bricht (bis zu 6). PS: 24 Hühnereier passen in ein Straussenei, das Cholesterin von 36 ... read more

Hi everyone, we are trying to get a bunch of pictures up.. they will be not be in order, but we hope you enjoy! Hope everyone is doing great...Send a message and let us know!!!:) This first bunch of pics are from Cango Caves in Oudshroon..and thanks to Grandpa and Grandma we did the adventure tour! Wow some of those spaces were tight... ekkk Love, Randi and Quinn xo... read more

As we enter the pen, the guide says if the male gets aggressive just dive to the floor and he'll run over you or sit on you. But don't worry I have a thorny stick to hopefully prevent that... We are at Highgate Ostrich Farm in Oudtshoon, they breed Ostriches for their meat, feathers and skins. We are visiting the breeding pens, these hold a male and female pair who mate for life. These are the lucky ones as their job is to breed and bring up the chicks. Other fields have groups which will also breed but their eggs will be taken away, hatched in incuators then given to the breeding pairs amongst their own young. The ostriches can't tell the difference between their own young and anothers so this works well. Not only do ... read more

NOW I MISS TECHNOLOGY I have to phone the Fraud people in Australia and because of time difference have to do it e-a-r-l-y, well before 0800 anyway. Because the only place I can get phone coverage is in the one spot in Reception I head up there at 0645, but it’s closed. I walk around for half an hour trying to get my phone to work, I must look like a complete technology city geek walking and looking at my phone waiting for any sign of life. Eventually get 2 bars, hallelujah! Get through the right department (should add here that I’m standing half way up the hill in the middle of the road), I kneel down to get information out of my bag and bang - disconnected, that half a metre obviously makes a lot ... read more

We left after breakfast for a 535km drive to Oudtshoorn (pronounced outs horn) along the famous Garden Route. We got stuck in a road works traffic jam for about an hour so that slowed things up a bit, okay a lot! But no signs to say so until you actually got to the spot. MONKEY HEAVEN We stopped at a place called Monkey Town (it only involved one u-turn to find it so we were happy with that). It was a sanctuary for mostly rescued monkeys that people had as pets and then abandoned. It was set up really well, with you walking in a cage tunnel and all the monkeys out in the open. They weren’t interested with us until they heard Tim’s chocolate wrappers then they were interested! DRIVING - RULES? NOT SO MUCH… ... read more