Knysna Tours for the Weather Impaired

Well we made it into Knysna, once described by the British Navy as the most difficult port to enter in the world (Lonely Planet) and we surfed in at low tide and missed the rocks. The sailing directions ask that you sail as close to the rocks as you possibly can to avoid shallow water and breaking waves. We found a good surf wave and took it in. You can see the entrance at http://www.theheads.co.za/

Yep. It happened again. We hired a car at Knysna and headed east for the Elephant Park and yes......."IT RAINED"

There must be an aneroid barometer attached to my credit card but this makes it three times in a row. The Elephant Park was great though and we all got to meet the elephants, feed them and even talk and pat them. Fantastic experience with these great animals. Keely was a bit concerned at first but she got used to them.

The guides were excellent and as soon as I bent down to pick a few shards of grass he warned me that it is a VERY submissive posture and if I did not feel like having a few dozen tonnes of amorous pacyderm on my back I should stop now.

Next stop was a 70km road trip to the suspension bridge at Storm River (via a coastal coffee shop) but the weather closed in and that was the end of that. Also the charges of the National Parks here approaches the overly zealous charges of those that run Kakadu. Perhaps our National Parks bureaucrats are now training their SA counterparts.

This meant a backtrack to the largest single span bridge in Africa where the highest bungee jump is taken. Keely considered it as did Gill while I decided that my Ti backbone may not stand up to it.

The next day we headed off for the Western heads and the scenery was spectacular. This place is a bit like Sydney and Melbourne on a nice day..

Oh, did I mention that we got a new outboard........Yep the birthday fairy came early. Yamaha 15 and the dink flies.....