We awoke to a lovely sunrise, during the night I’d seen the moonlight reflected on the ocean which was flat, it looked beautiful, I couldn’t see the moon but believe it was a full moon. Unfortunately with no tripod a photo would have been hard to take.
We packed & headed for a walk along the beach, stopping for an almond croissant & coffee at Maison J before walking back up the hill & packing the car.
We decided to take the scenic route & drove through Llandudno, Houts Bay & along Chapman’s Peak drive which delivered spectacular views of rock cliffs, & the peninsula. We had seen a number of signs warnings about the dangers of baboons & reminding us they are wild animals & to lock our car door, but hadn’t seen any & I wondered if this was how tourists to Australia felt when seeing the koalas sign & not spotting any, when we came around the next bend to stopped traffic & had to stop & then we saw about 10 baboons crossing backwards & forwards over the road - amazing.
Luckily Richard was driving & I was able to enjoy the view & take a few photos. We continued along the coast to Kommetjie & then headed inland across the cape peninsula & saw the Indian Ocean at Smitswinkel Bay, before turning north to head into Simon’s Town.
We struggled to locate the main shops, cafes etc & turned a few times into various parts of the naval base before finding a car park & cafe for some lunch. We headed to our accommodation, it was an annex of a larger home but perfect for our 2 nights high overlooking the harbour.

We headed down into the town for dinner down 1 of the many sets of steps & after a walk around had dinner at Bertha’s on the harbour. Richard had a Malay fish curry which was really nice & I had mussels in a creamy white wine sauce with salad which was also nice. We climbed back up the steps & had cheese & biscuits with a glass of red wine our hosts having left us a bottle, it was nice & I liked the label, uncertified, unlabelled, unbelievable, dry red wine.