On our way out of Cape Town, we stopped at the Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden. The garden has a fantastic collection of plants from the various regions of South Africa, and particularly the Cape region. A highlight was the Boomslang, a treetop boardwalk that was built out over a hillside giving great views of Table Mountain and the area around Cape Town.
Our guest house is in Gordon's Bay, less than an hour from Cape Town and fairly close to Stellenbosch, the center of the wine region. We're surrounded by mountains and have a fantastic view of False Bay from our guest house.
Our first day we visited some wineries and had a lovely lunch at one of them. We also wandered around Stellenbosch which is a completely charming town. Today we went hiking in the Jonkershoek nature reserve. The views were spectacular and we had a picnic next to a small waterfall.
The weather has been absolutely lovely. Partly cloudy and in the low 80s. Coming back to Madison will certainly be a shock.
A ficus-lined walkway in the gardens
The Boomslang
A lovely hillside covered in fynbos
A view of Table Mountain from the gardens
Rustenberg winery, one of the oldest in Stellenbosch.
A view from the tasting room at Uva Mira winery.
We weren't there just for the view. The wine was really good too.
A chubby blue-headed lizard at the Jonkershoek nature preserve.
This is a kloof, where we ate a kloofnic
Did I mention the beautiful views?
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