We headed out from the Stellenbosch wine region relatively early, intent to make it to Hermanus in time for a host of activities we planned. Hermanus is a cool little beach town, a few hours outside of Cape Town. We crossed Sir Lowry's pass, over the mountains, which were much like the highlands of Scotland - beautifully barren and craggy in their appearance
The heights also afforded us a beautiful view looking back to False Bay, where we came from before the Stellenbosch region.
Once we got to Hermanus, we split up into two groups. Caroline and Cat went off to do some horseback riding, while Cameron and Ray went shark cage diving. We are of course biased, but the shark cage experience was amazing. It probably won't be as good as the smelt run we are both doing in July, but we got to see great whites that were 13-16 feet in length about 2-3 feet from us in the cage. Because the visibility was poor, the better photos tended to be from the top of the boat.
Twice the great white sharks were so aggressive that they bit the fish bait completely off the rope line that the dive master used to attract the sharks to the cage!
All in all it was a good warm up for the smelt run in July! We also got to admire the natural beauty of the mountains in the fog from the shore.
We got back in time to do a little zip lining up in the mountains above Hermanus. After a brief lesson we took ATVs up to the top of the mountains, and proceeded to cover 11 zip lines over a span of about 90 minutes, working our way down the mountain. We got time to pause for a group photo, with everyone hamming it up a little!
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