Day 20 - Tsitsikamma to Outshoorn

We left the campsite and our warm beds at 7:30. Unfortunately all the water to the entire site had been lost the night before and wasn’t back on that morning so we hadn’t managed to have a shower after our hiking and sweating. 

We shortly stopped off at the worlds tallest bungee bridge. At 260m this bridge is huge! We stood and looked over the edge and all of us had this look on our faces that suggested none of us would even dream throw ourselves off it, not for all the money in the world!! 

We drove past a few large towns and what’s really interesting is that you have huge shanty towns with tin huts and wooden sheds (all with satellite disks however) right next to huge expensive houses. They are right next door. 

We stopped off in a lovely little harbour town called Knysna which reminded me a lot of Brighton Marina. Lots of expensive yachts moored up and a few restaurants and shops dotted about. We had a wander round the shops, did a spot of retail therapy, had a coffee then back on the bus! 

In the afternoon we arrived deep into the mountains at the Cango Caves where we started the tour and went deep into the biggest “showcave” in Africa. We were told that the stalactites were at least 1.5million years old and people had been sheltering in the caves for at least 80,000 years before the caves were officially discovered by a farmer. We had a walk around 6 chambers and were told the history and geological information relating to these stalactites and stalagmites. It was quite interesting but the actual structures were beautiful. 

We didn’t do the “adventure tour” thankfully as this involved squeezing through tiny tunnels about 25cm wide. We were told that about 3 years ago a visitor (American shock horror) got stuck in one of the tunnels and subsequently got the rest of her group stuck in a tiny tunnel for 11 HOURS until she was lubricated out! How utterly humiliating! 

We got to the campsite and decided to upgrade again, mainly for a hot shower. For £23 we upgraded to a lovely chalet and I was given the double bed as a treat for my birthday.