After a great breakfast , we headed out for our morning rock art drive with our guide Niel. Niel is of Afrikaner descent and hails from the far northeast of South Africa. We have Niel to ourselves and he leads us on an easy walk over two dry river crossings to one the most famous…
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We had heard horror stories about Cape Town’s rush hour traffic and boy, are they accurate. Not too bad for us as we are heading away from the city, but the inbound roads are packed solid for miles. Taryn suggested we break up the drive with stops at some of her favorite spots along the…
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The Cataratas Hotel is ‘hacienda style’ with open courtyards, gardens, and dining areas. After a lovely breakfast buffet in the gardens by the pool we caught an early shuttle to the park gate for our 7:30 pickup by Raol (driver) and Rodrigo (guide). Today we toured the Argentinian side of the falls. Per Rodrigo, it’s…
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Alas, the end of the cruise is approaching. In the morning, we left the Antarctic Peninsula and set sail for the South Shetland Islands. Our first stop was Deception Island. The ring-shaped island is the top of a what is still an active volcano, a caldera. The caldera has a diameter of about 15 kilometers…
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