Coastal route & farmlands to Agulhas

[All-Nature]

How does one accidentally delete photos, AN? Sundowners?

RP On a camera there is a little button called "delete", you just press it and poof all gone!!

RP - water mongoose -- Kommetjiesgat muishond ( Afr ) .

okie for the id of the Mongoose

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Great start AN. Pity about the deleted photos...I've done that in Kruger before!

Sure does happen so quickly Flutterby BUT loosing Kruger images totally catastrophic

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Wonderful part off our country Beautiful photos of the sea and the mountains

Nice to have you onboard We sure have such a beautiful country with loads to explore

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Exactly the thing that we are going to do this winter when staying in the Western Cape
Beautiful sea views, with and without boats and I love the mongoose

Lisbeth sure you are going to have a fabulous time Where are you all visiting in the Western Cape?

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This is one of the most scenic coastal drives in South Africa and well worth the effort.
It is the also the first part of Route 3:
The Whale Route and features dramatic coast line and beaches, fynbos biosphere, Jackass Penguin colony, baboons, whale watching, birding, shark cage diving (can view these great whites up close and personal in Gansbaai) hiking and more!

Snail near the sea at Pearly Beach



Blue Crane (Grus paradisea), SA’s national bird was spotted as we drove along some farm ground roads. Also known as the Stanley Crane and the Paradise Crane, is the national bird of South Africa.
The elegant Blue Crane stands about one meter high and is almost entirely restricted to South Africa in its distribution.

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Black Shouldered Kite also sat on one of the farm fences.





We arrived at Cape Agulhas it is located in the Overberg region, 170 kilometres (105 mi) southeast of Cape Town. The Cape was named by Portuguese navigators, who called it Cabo das Agulhas, Portuguese for "Cape of Needles" . After noticing that around the year 1500 the direction of magnetic north (and therefore the compass needle) coincided with true north in the region.



Entrance to the lighthouse, which now hosts a museum and rustic restaurant.
Did not venture to go up the lighthouse, did not fancy those steep stairs. The wind was also blowing gales, true to the Cape.

[nan]

wow the Cranes
and superb Black-shouldered Kite

I was there... rained so much... we left for Bontebok



need more

[All-Nature]

wow the Cranes
and superb Black-shouldered Kite

I was there... rained so much... we left for Bontebok



need more

nan driving on the back roads, one has more opportunities to see the Blue Cranes
Their bulbous shaped heads seem so large
Sorry the rain spoilt your experience , but sure Bontebok was great!

[Lisbeth]

Beautiful blue cranes and my favourite small raptor

One year we stayed at Struis Bay for a week so Agulhas is well known

We will be staying at Noordhoek from Jan. 10th to Feb. 7th Maybe we can organize a mini meet?

[Richprins]

Very interesting, AN!
I like the one-legged kite!

Ja, that place is windy...never going there again...

My camera asks "are you sure" when deleting pics!