Day 22 - Swellendam to Hermanus

We left the campsite at about 0730 after one of the worst nights sleep of the entire trip. Just before bed Kate and I had been brushing our teeth in the little cabins bathroom and the biggest spider I have ever seen wandered in front of the sink. He was so large that you could see each and every one of his 8 eyes staring at you. We both screamed, ran outside and after a good 10 minutes of discussion (outside in the dark) we decided to just give the spider the bathroom for the night and got into our sleeping bags zipping ourselves right up to the eyeballs and underneath a mosquito net. The next morning Fred (yes we named him that) was still there so I left him to it and waited until we got to the campsite before ablutions and teeth cleaning. 

We stopped off at Cage Agulhas, the southern most tip of Africa where the Indian Ocean and Atlantic Ocean meets. We sat down and watched the two oceans and the Indian side really did seem calmer than the Atlantic, but maybe it was just out imaginations!

Next stop was Wine Tasting! Our first vineyard we stopped at was a place called Spookfontein where we had a lovely lunch overlooking the most beautiful scenery. I treated myself to a steak and a lovely glass of Pinot Noir. We then chose which of the wines to try and they were all lovely. We then headed off to Newton Johnson literally next door where we tried another group of wines and stood outside looking at the landscape. My favourite wine was from this vineyard and was the Felicité Rosé and apparently they export to the UK! Our third and final vineyard took us to Summaridge where we tried a number of reds and a couple of rosés. 

After this vineyard everyone was half asleep so we made our way to Hermanus. We dropped two people off at a hotel by the bay as we stood on the side of the road looking out into the very shallow waters we were amazed to see about 8 baby Southern Right Whales playing about together, flapping their fins around and smacking their tales against the surface of the water. We watched them for about 20 minutes and then set off to the campsite to set up the last tent of the trip (yay!). 

We headed off to dinner together, our last one of the trip and went to a lovely Fish restaurant where both Kate and I ordered the Cape Crayfish in lemon and garlic butter with salad, it was absolutely beautiful! 

By 9pm we were all absolutely exhausted so headed off back to the campsite for hopefully a good nights sleep!