It certainly lived up to it’s name, miles and miles of lush green landscapes, lakes and lagoons covering the stretch of coast land from Cape Town to The Wild Coast. All in all we spent about a week and a half in this area but could easily have spent the entire trip there. Everywhere we went was stunning, peaceful and safe, which after Cape Town was a welcomed change.

The first stop outside of Cape Town, a spot famed for great kite surfing conditions and Aaron Hadlow’s off season training location, Langebaan lagoon. We weren’t disappointed for wind that was for sure, two days out of two! Day 1 gusty, around 30-35 knots and day 2 around 15 knots. A place to be careful with slightly offshore winds onto the lagoon, it’s a long way to be blown to the other side and an even longer walk back! All in all a great spot in stunning surrounds.

We found a few nice looking camp sites and settled on Leentjiesklip Caravan Park. The site backs on to the lagoon affording most of the sites stunning water front views. However, we found it largely unprotected from the elements, not such a problem if you’re a wind junkie!

First major travel destination of the year, South Africa! The plan; take 5 weeks to drive from Cape Town to Mozambique following the coast as close as roads would allow! For this the 4×4 is the only way!

The photos of Cape Town are a bit sparse, unfortunately the 4×4’s rear cab was broken into while we were there, a bit of downer to start the trip on! Thus the few days we had in Cape Town were mostly spent driving around trying to replace stolen items and filling out forms at police stations. However, we did get to climb Lions Head for “sundowners” and some spectacular views!