After a hectic few days and with nothing to get up particularly early for, we enjoyed the luxury of a well earned lie-in this morning. It was quite a chilly start to the day and after some breakfast in our cottage, we set out for Robberg Nature Reserve which is a small peninsular just off the end of Plettenberg Bay where the weather took a turn for the better and we were blessed with clear skies and bright sunshine.
The reserve has several hiking trails and we took the 5.5km option which it turns out was quite breathtaking in both scenery and fitness requirements! The hike took us around the peninsular and included quite a lot of scrambling, climbing steps and navigating large dunes and big boulders but for each and every exertion we were rewarded with incredible views and even saw whales in the bay as we walked.
At one point we came to the aptly named Seal point where you could see (and smell) literally hundreds of seals, both in the water and on the rocks sunning themselves. It was quite a sight!
The halfway point of the hike saw us reach some incredible sand dunes that led down to the beautiful Indian Ocean which the girls enjoyed running down but the sand was so deep in places it was quite tough going.
A boardwalk lifted us out of the sand and around another little peninsular before we set off across the beach around the far side of the reserve. More scrambling and climbing eventually saw us back in the car park nearly 4 hours after we started but it was well worth the exertions.
Sweaty and sandy we headed home for showers all round and a delicious home cooked meal. The girls watched ‘The little mermaid’ while they had the chance before the electricity goes off again at 10pm tonight!
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