We left the Whale View this morning and our first stop was Table Bay Nature Reserve.  There were lots of White Pelicans, Greater Flamingos, waders and ducks.  We saw our 1st African Marsh Harrier.  We are in what is called Fynbos environment which supports tough, flexible plants and many beautiful flowers including over 60 varieties of Protea.  We saw geraniums and nasturtiums growing wild.

From there we went to West Coast National Park.

Angulated Tortoise.  We saw at least 7 of these there.

We had lunch here next to Weavers building more nests

Cape Weaver

Swallow

Pao and his camera

Walk to hide where we saw lots of shore birds, including Greater and Lesser Flamingos.

Some of the flowers in the Fynbos environment.

We saw quite a few Ostriches here.  Male Ostriches will mate with up to 5 females who will all lay their eggs in the same nest and look after them together.

We drove on to Ceres where we would stay for 2 nights going through wheat fields and vineyards and views of the Seeterburg Mountains.

Southern Black Korhaan

Fynbos

View of the mountains