Protea Hotel Victoria Junction Knysna

... Mr Watson.<br><br>Today, Friday had been a lovely day again. We are staying in a beautiful guest house in Knysna. This morning we have visited an elephant park where they look after orphaned elephants. We were up close and personal with these huge beasts! Feeding them with fruit and veg was a pretty messy business!<br><br>This afternoon we have walked miles along a beach beside the Indian Ocean. Fine to paddle but currents too stong to swim &#8211; well that's my excuse!

KNYSNA ADVENTURE ACTIVITIES -<br>SOUTH AFRICA'S WESTERN CAPE - <br>GARDEN ROUTE<br><br>We finally woke to calmer weather Thursday morning and started the day with a lovely horse ride through the beautiful mountains behind Pletterberg Bay, where we over looked the valley and sea. 2 hours and 2 sore butts later but definitely a lovely way to see some of the beautiful scenery South<br> Africa has to offer. Not exactly extreme sports unlike what was to follow but that is a ...

... Capetown port is extremely busy , this morning i counted 4 cargo ships waiting to unload this is from what i can see from the beach. Apparently a lot of them are coming here rather than past Somalia. <br><br>Walked up table mountain today all good<br><br>Got a meeting with customs tomorrow morning so should have the bike tomorrow afternoon. then North ti Namibia. <br><br>all good

... inside and very spacious. The chalets form a loop around a swimming pool and we discover at least three swimming pools in this complex. All the individual chalet units have bird names attached to them. Ours is the white faced duck. The grounds are immaculate and well manicured, with very colorful flowers and vines framing the doorways of many of the units.<br><br>Our group meets together for an al la carte meal at the hotel ...

... at Storms River after passing through beautiful areas such as Wilderness with lovely lakes and coastal bush. At Storm&#8217;s River it was dark and we had a room in the gardens so after eating our dinner we brought with us we went to bed. This is an adventure place with canopy rides, tubing on the river and bungy jumps. We were not doing these things so planned a walk in the bush along some nature trails tomorrow.

... Overberg area which lies between two mountain ranges and has spectactular scenery. At this time of year it is green, new crops planted and having had plenty of rain it looked lovely. We have also driven it during the harvest when the colours alter again, whichever season though it always gives the impression of being like a patchwork quilt.<br>Three hours later including a stop for a quick lunch, we were in Swellendam an oldy worldy town which has some ...

... Wie wil nu zo iets eten? Ik gene dessert natuurlijk. Maar om de pijn te verzachten was het tijd om op een olifant te gaan rijden. Normaal gezien zou er een van ons bij Victor blijven, maar het zag zwart van het volk, dus babysits genoeg. Die madammen doen dat grondig. Eerst werd Victor voorgesteld aan de babysit om wat aan haar te wennen. Dan werd hij door een paar dames schandelijk verwend. Hij heeft ons gene second ...

... he rushed down to the lodge at the edge of the lake, to hire a boat, rod, reel and some lures. After much splashing, and hard work, he finally managed to row out of the Quay, and onto the lake itself. Spinning for 1.5 hours only resulted in one catch, but it was a black widemouth bass. Not too heavy and fought about as well as a bream, it also kept on jumping out of the water, making me wonder if it was hooked at all. In weight it was ...

... Gorge. We decided that, rainy or not, we really should go for a walk and so we headed off into the National Park to the Srorms River mouth. After a while of sitting in the car park munching biltong and kidding ourselves that we were actually looking for whales as the rain hammered down on the car, we took the plunge and started out on what turned out to be a fanstastic walk with amazing views of the coastline. And after starting in the rain we finished ...

... if only they knew tan all picked up in Northern Ireland and first time in backpackers. Walked down to beach, had lunch in the excellent, if pricey, Lookout Deck, no sign of any whales but booked with Dr Vic for next day. Dinner at Cranzgots Pizza place in town - horrible. Back to hostel, weather still inclement so all huddled round fire in open bar to swop backpacking stories. Day 19 - Saturday 13 September 2003 Up early for whale watching but all boat ...