Missing Mossel Bay

For the second time thus far the weather imposed its will on us. It had been windy and choppy all night, so it was not a huge shock when the captain came on about 10:00 AM and told us that our scheduled stop in Mossel Bay was canceled. Same reasoning as the Tristan da Cunha cancelation: the tender operations would be too dangerous. We’d planned a game drive at a reserve for the day, so we were disappointed that we’d miss that. However it was likely the least “natural” of the game drives we’d planned, so we’ll push on. We did use the surprise sea day to rework our upcoming days to allow for the maximum amount of African wildlife viewing. Gotta roll with the changes.Read more