Another great breakfast and it was off to the Safari Ostrich Show Farm. The farm is one of the world’s foremost suppler of ostrich products and the industry has been operating in the area for over 100 years. We had a guided tour seeing Kenyan Red, Zimbabwe Blue, South African and the Australian Emu. We were able to stand on the eggs which 3cms thick then sit on one which was kinda weird and then an ostrich race with 2 jockeys. Not your average day at the zoo. We then headed south on Cape Route 62 to Swellendam via Barrydale. A sleepy little town on top of the plateau. The drive down the range was nothing short of spectacular. The road was carved through these valleys with large red rock cliffs either side. Swellendam is situated at the bottom of the mountains and forms a very formidable backdrop to the town. After a little drive around we settled for another award winning property called Aan De Oever Guesthouse, which means by the water as there is a creek flowing through at the bottom of the garden. We had transport arranged to take us to Koornlands Restaurant for a lovely meal of Springbuck by the fire. Once again it was not a taxi in the real sense, it was 2 guys in a mini van who took us over & back. The reason there were 2 of them was for safety and someone to open the door. Come to think of it I haven’t seen a cab in the towns we have visited. Being a sunday night it was very quiet night and were looked after very well. The restaurant specialisers in African game meat.
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