West Coast National Park

About two hours to the north of Cape Town is West Coast National Park. Ocean lagoon, sand dunes, beaches, and flamingos. Oh what fun!

After stopping at the beach in Table View for some photos of Cape Town from across the bay and a look at a shipwreck right off shore, we drove up to the national park were we hiked and played on the sand dunes in the hot, hot sun. We found the largest caterpillar I have ever seen and I came back with a tortoise shell with the tortoise body still inside. One of the dunes we found was really steep and we all took turns running/rolling/falling down it. I did a little boot skiing down in honor of the snow that has been falling these days back in the US of A.

           

Then, we drove out on the peninsula that helped contain a huge saltwater lagoon. We found a really pretty beach along the shallow waters of the lagoon for some playing in the water and enjoying the beautiful day!

 On the other side of the peninsula the shores were rocky and the waves were huge. I climbed around on the rocks while some of the girls collected shells and looked in tide-pools. Afterwards we drove up to the north of the park where we saw a few flamingos by the lagoon (there weren't very pink because they don't enough shrimp apparently). Then we went into the village of Langebaan where we had seafood and watched wind surfers right off shore. My life is paradise.