Day 10 - The sea

Awake at 06:08 today and caught a glimpse of the sun :-) As the morning went on the weather got better. After breakfast, we got the car packed and took advantage of the sun and walked to the nearby beach. Our morning then consisted of stops along the coastal path whale watching. We stopped off at Roman rock again and saw a whale mother with its albino baby. After a visit to a cake shop that Eri wanted to visit, we headed off for our whale cruise.

The first 30 minutes consisted of the boat heading out over giant waves towards the far shore. On the journey we got to see quite a few whales that were slapping thier fins on the water, swimming upside down or just swimming around on the surface.Unfortunately we didn't get to see any breaching whales close up but we did get to see a couple doing this a bit further away as we had done from the shore. We were at the front of the boat and it was going up and down a bit in the swell and a couple of people were sea-sick including a boy who was on his knees wretching over the side.

Cape fur seals lazing around in the harbour.

Sitting on the dock of the bay.

Southern right whale 'spy hopping'

Fin slapping.

Erika watching the whale.

Spy hopping (its eye is visible on the left near the white patch).

After the whale trip, we then set off to Bettys bay to see the African penguin colony (also known as 'jackass penguins' due to the donkey 'hee-haw' sound they make). There must have been thousands of them on and around the rocks and we got some really nice pictures. Although they did smell a bit fishy!!!

The penguin colony.

Sunbathing penguin.

Housebreaking penguins.

Another Dassie.

After a good look at the penguins we then drove round the coast along towards Gordons bay before heading inland to Stellenbosch.