Cape Town - OSTRICHES Day 1: (3 of 7)

(4 videos) After driving trough the "Baboon Area" ... the chacma baboon troops on the Cape peninsula are protected. are a dangerous wild animal and a little scary we reached the Ostrich Farm. We visited a 160 acre Ostrich farm owned and run by the 2nd generation of the Coelle Families children. It is a productive breeding farm, where everything is done to “comfort and accommodate” their 40 breeding birds.

From the most dangerous to the most feared, The Cape Point Ostrich Farm and Reptile Rehabilitation Center is a sanctuary for these animals. We learned about ostriches and even got to feed them (a little much as they bite). In the “Egg Shop” there were a wide variety of ostrich eggs and from local artists (carved, painted, decoupaged and made into lamps). Yes, we bought one since Karen was reminiscing of the ostrich egg she used to have, we bought a real keepsake!

After this fun visit, a little while later we reached the Cape of Good Hope. Fog and Wind changes here every few minutes making it very unpredictable and scary. We took photos in from of the sign that marks the famous point. The Cape of Good Hope marks the most SouthWestern (not Southern) point of the African continent—the point where ships traveling south along the western coast of Africa finally begin turning eastward. It used to be called Cape of Storms in 15th Century due to the treacherous seas and violent weather that regularly caused shipwrecks. Later called Cape of Good Hope by King John II of Portugal to reflect the optimism of finding a sea route from Europe to India and the Far East, it became quite popular and lucrative.Read more