Among the things that the ranger at the visitor’s center at Wichita Mountain National Wildlife Refuge recommended we check out was the Meersburger, crafted from high quality local beef, and the Peach Cobbler with homemade vanilla ice cream at this unique local restaurant located in a more than a hundred year old mine building that represents the history of this community, once a gold mining town of five hundred but now a family of six dedicated to keeping the history as well as feeding all comers. Yum!
Queen Mary 2’s arrival in the Port of Dakar, Senegal was heralded in the local press and greeted with ceremony. Our own excursion took us on a coach journey through the streets of the capital city to visit a Wolof village and the shore of Lake Retba, the salty lake famed for an intense pink color.
Today’s safari adventure transported us out into the Dorob National Park to have up close encounters with little creatures that are well adapted to the extreme heat and lack of water in the Namib Desert.
With a UNESCO World Heritage Site, two national parks, dozens of museums, and hundreds of tours offered in the Cape Town area there is more than plenty to do. For our two day visit we opted to concentrate on African wildlife visiting the Aquila Private Game Reserve and the Boulders Beach Penguin Colony for a wonderful chance to these fabulous animals in their own habitat.
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