While the
Cape to Addo tour had its perks, it has made me more certain than ever that I really
don’t like organised tours, particularly ones that go longer than two days. Although
it is convenient and easy, I would much rather have done the Garden Route on my
own, stopping where I wanted to stop and doing exactly what I want to do. However due to time constraints the tour
seemed like the best option at the time. So, Saturday morning I was picked up
by our guide, an Afrikaans Capetonian, and we headed off. We had a group of
7, three Australians, two Brazilians, one German and one Swiss, all of us under
the age of 25 (which was a change from my Namibia tour group which had people
well over the age of 50). This would be my 'family' for the next few days as we travel through the Eastern and Western Cape of South Africa.
