Overnight Wildlife Safari – 31 March – 01 April
An excited group of students currently participating in the Semester At Sea on the ocean liner Explorer enjoyed a fantastic Overnight Wildlife Safari with Africa’s Child Safaris during their brief visit to Cape Town over the Easter Weekend.
Jenny Feuer took the initiative and made all the arrangements for her friends to join her on this fantastic safari following the very positive reports she received from her friend Max Slutsky who participated in a similar safari when he visited Cape Town a year ago as part of Semester At Sea.
It was a truly amazing and thoroughly enjoyable journey through the beautiful Cape Winelands to the Inverdoorn Reserve situated in the arid region known as the Great Karoo. The students asked many questions regarding the apartheid era and learnt at first hand from Quinton, a “product” of that that time, what the actual conditions were during that period, but more importantly, we discussed at length the wonderful future that lies ahead for the Rainbow Nation of South Africa.
The wildlife viewing at Inverdoorn was fantastic and the undisputed highlight of the safari was when the rangers brought the two Cheetah cubs to the breakfast area after the early morning game drive.
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From the arid Great Karoo we travelled to Fairview Wine Estate to savour some of the great wine and cheese varieties that they produce at the estate. A thoroughly enjoyable experience that was followed up by another highlight – a visit to the exact spot where the father of our nation, Mr Nelson Mandela took his first steps in freedom.
