World Tube https://www.youtube.com/user/World1Tube Travel Guide South Africa http://bit.ly/12NxxNm Shepherd Entertainment takes you on a tour of Cape Peninsula in South Africa, which was once an island, but about sixty million years ago it was joined to the mainland by the emergence from the sea of the sandy area now known as the Cape Flats. On the motorway leaving the beaches and bays of Cape Town, we go past the mountain range called The 12 Apostles. The Governor, Sir Rufane Donkin named the sandstone peaks. At the bottom of the mountain lies the most beautiful Villa Cora of Cape Town. Several foreigners have bought a house here among the palm trees facing the waves of the Atlantic Ocean. The rocky bays favor the various water sports of surfing and kiting. The cape's bay has a popular region of resorts with places for a picnic and restaurants which offers local, mainly marine specialties. The nearby sandy bay is the local nudist haven. We get to Hawke Bay accompanied by colorful flowers. It's the center of tourism. It's a popular place for yachts coming from various parts of the world. At the fish market, fresh goods are sold. The restaurant furnished like a ship, we can even try the fish specialties which often served with edible flowers, it's worth the burger and shark steak. Better for us to eat them than vice versa, and tasty crab dishes. In the small shops and marketplace of mariners' waterfront, we can choose from original African souvenirs. There are colorful text files, petite silk, jewels made of shells and pearls, ornaments and carvings. Duiker, the seal island is the peculiarity of the island. We started towards it on a small motored ship on the water of the ocean. The water under us seems surprisingly clean. We could see about five to six meters deep. After we got out of the protection of the bay into the open ocean, the waves hit more and more strongly on the bow of our ship. The wind picked up. Our ship paused on the top of the waves and we glided down like on a roller coaster. On the rocks of remote mountainous passages, waves with foam went to pieces. The wind brought cold air. We were approaching the seals. In the middle of summer in January, the sound of almost 4000 seals is brought by the wind. Lots of seals lie in the sand on the stone island. One or two of them swam to our ship to welcome us. They rotated, jumped out of the water and swam along our ship lifting their tails. They're kind faces looked as if they always smiled. The surprisingly massive 1,500-meter stone island is a small picket of the Atlantic Ocean. We tried to coast closer but the seals didn't mind at all. On the rocks, two huge males were fighting for the better area. The engine of our ship was turned off. We floated on the water in silence for minutes with the company of seals. The stream of the sea drifted our ship close to the rocks so the sailors restarted the engine and we swept around the island. In the drift, as the wind is coming from the open ocean, the waves became bigger and bigger. Our ship gets some huge warnings while we were sailing back to the protection of the bay. I can see the huge stones of the jagged passage from beneath. The waves continuously hit the broken mountainside. The waves became calmer, the water was again semi transparent. We arrived at the harbor. Another group was waiting for the ship to return so they could go on a cruise to see the seals. Writer Vivian living in South Africa, she has written several articles and books about this wonderful country. 600 meters above Hawke Bay, the crooked scenic road takes us to the Cape of Good Hope. It was named after the British seaman John Shevlin who was the discoverer of the Bay. The Dutch planted in 1915 and had illegal workers build it in 7 years. From the parking area, we can see Seal Island and the rocky bays. The harbors are the places of people of various descent, color, language and culture everywhere. It's the same here. Let's enjoy the colorful odes and performances of street musicians. The famous Cape of Good Hope is the south end of Africa. The small peninsulas bordered by the Indian Ocean with its warm friendly water on the east and the Atlantic Ocean which is cooler unfriendly water on the west. Tourists flock here from afar to see the point where the two might oceans meet. We can send word to our friends from the end of the world. The stamps bought here stamped with the Cape of Good Hope's stamp. A nature reserve established here is about 8000 hectares. The huge savannah burst into blossom during the autumn months giving an unforgettable spectacle to those who visit the area that time. The Area of Clanwilliam which is located on the north from here is also famous for its flowers. On the Peninsula, 1,200 kinds of plants and several kinds of animals live, 160 of them are birds. We can see antelopes, ostriches and baboons. Their special because they're the only monkeys who eat seafood such as fish, shell and algae.

• published: 29 May 2013
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