It was the spring of seven years ago, and with my one year-old son and his mom we set from Cape Town to shoot some images along the west coast. The trip would include desolate beach-scapes and one of the finer birding spots in the Western Cape province, the Ramsar-protected Verlorenvlei, near Elands Bay, which is where I shot possibly the only bird that sounds like a boxer: the Great White Pelican.
The place we had lunch was the Tin Kitchen, on a farm called Vensterklip, and today they boast of ‘excellent coffee’ on their website. Most importantly, it overlooks the vlei, which is a significant estuarine system that an Australian mining operation would really like to dig up. There is also a 160 year-old self-catering spot, where day-visitors wouldn’t be around to bug you.
www.vensterklip.co.za/stay
weskuswegbreek.co.za/still-waters-self-catering
Angus is a Private Guide / CNN award-winning Journalist taking Tourists through Cape Town, South, East and Southern Africa.
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