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Published: August 10th 2007
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titsikama park
Good old timer. Tsitsikamma National Parl We visited Tsitsikamma National Park on route to Plettenburg Bay. Unfortunately the Storms River Mouth suspension bridge was closed as it been on fire two weeks ago and the repairs had not been completed. However, driving down to the rest camp on the coast was still well worth a visit and we enjoyed exploring all the rock pools and our picnic overlooking the waves crashing merciously upon the rocks.
Bloukrans Bridge Most backpackers jump off the Baz Bus at Storms River with only one thing in mind: to brave the world's highest bungy jump. Maybe we are just getting old and boring, but neither of us fancied throwing ourselves off the mega high road bridge, into the deep ravine at Bloukrans. We chuckled away as we watched a few nutters scream down into the gorge and Rach shuddered at the mere thought of walking across to the drop point, which is accessed via a scary suspended walkway under the bridge (Si you would have hated it!). Gav - good luck if you do it mate!
Kerboomslang We arrived at Abalone Beach, which is situated in Kerboomslang, just outside Plettenberg Bay. The beach house proved to be
Nearly!
There was a nice posey photo before this was taken! but this was more fun!! back a bit, yep back a bit Rach!! the nicest place we had stayed in Africa so far, with a lovely rooftop balcony and terrace, with 360 degree views of the sea and surrounding hillside. It was lovely to sit here eating breakfast watching the dolphins playing in the surf. The place was so sparkly new and clean, that Rach hilariously crashed into a closed patio window. Fortunately her nose is still intact! The first afternoon we dashed down to the private beach, dragging the body boards that Elbi our host advised us to take, since there had been a recent incident with a visitor in the riptides! Sure enough the surf was strong and the tidal pull a bit scary, but it was lots of fun body boarding, once you had braved the icy cold water to get in the sea (almost like the UK!).
Monkeyland Slightly grey start to the day so we wrapped up for our visit to Monkeyland. We had a guided tour of the park, which was plagued by a pair of incredibly annoying Israeli children - I don't think their aunt knew how to control them and we thought our friendly guide was tempted to throttle them. The guide was very
more rock dassies
More cute rock rabbits on the way out of the park amusing because he repeatedly said "right, yes" and "beautiful" inappropriately to fill the gaps in his spiel. But Monkeyland was worth the visit to see the ruff and ring-tailed lemurs, the cheeky capuchins with their funky hairdos and the tiny cute squirrel monkeys scampering about, and of course our old favourites the vervets. There was a very comical spider monkey called Peanuts that hung around the restaurant. He was a rather sad creature really as his cruel owner had removed his sharp teeth when he was a pet, leaving him with a permanently bobbed out tongue, which give him a rather pissed look.
Birds of Eden We had purchased a value combi ticket for Monkeyland that included Birds of Eden, and this turned out to be the better of the two attractions. It was amazing to see such a variety of bird life flying around the huge aviary, living in apparent harmony. As soon as we got in, a mischievos African Grey Parrot made friends with Jase and sat on his shoulder, pirate style for half of our journey around the park. The blue and red macaws were very impressive and the loeries absolutely stunning. We both really liked
worlds highest bungy
Something like 260m! didnt fancy it really! or the walk over to it the toucans that were hiding by the toilets.
Lawnwood Snake Park On the way back to Plett we spotted a snake park along the road and decided to visit. We had our own private tour of the park, which was great. First we visited the Snake Park which was filled with hissing Puff Adders and then we held a lovely little red Corn Snake called Millie. Finally we met the big boys and had a yellow boa consister called Crusty (named on account of his bottom!) wrapped around our neck. He was nice and warm, and hence quite lively and you could really feel his strength as he slithered and squeezed around our necks. While the boas glass door was open, a huge curious Burmese Python called Bubbles popped her head out to say hello. Our guide let us hold her neck and it was scary to feel her massive muscles rippling across your arms!
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Debra
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Oo-er missis
The squirral monkey-women looks like she may be allergic. Very nice sea surf, I'm partial to a bit of blue. I'm glad your creatures were friendly considering you were wearing them! Debra :)