S1 - Ep 125 - Crossing the Highlands Pass to Reach Betty’s Bay!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 มิ.ย. 2022
- What a beautiful surprise when we started crossing the Highlands Pass after leaving Elgin. The views from the top overlooking the Elgin Basin were absolutely breathtaking. The gravel road itself was in a great condition. Then on the R44, just on the other side of Kleinmond we decided to take a drive into the Kogelberg Nature Reserve. What a stunning place to visit. It has been kept pristine and wild. Kogelberg was South Africa’s first registered Biosphere Reserve. Then we took the road to Betty’s Bay and walked through the Harold Porter National Botanical Gardens, which consist of 10 hectares of cultivated gardens. We unfortunately could not take the trails up the mountains but the gardens at the bottom are absolutely amazing. We were so glad we decided to stop here. From the Botanical Gardens we took a drive to the beach and then we went to Stony Point Nature Reserve where the penguin colony is. There were many Rock Hyrax, more commonly known as the Dassie, sitting in the sun on rocks. Something very interesting is that the colony is at the old Waaygat Whaling Station, which was used in the early to mid-1900s. Then it was time to go to our accommodation at Mountain Dew Guest Rooms. The view was spectacular and the room was fantastic. We had a wonderful overnight stay here. #DustBugs #adventuretravel #southafrica #southafricavlog #highlandspass #botanicalgardens #bettysbay #mountaindew #penguin #stonypoint
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Loved your visit to Betty's Bay. What a place. Stayed there on family holiday from Pretoria in 1950s. Must have been about 10 houses there then. Baboons all over the area. No electricity. Outside cold store with trickling water running over. Hell of a drive in those day. Thank you.
Loved Betty's Bay, visited there in 2009 & 2011, thank you for sharing
Curtis please my good man, the Penguins are having a POOL PARTY OK, A POOL PARTY, WHAT FUN. B/DORP
Yesssss!!!! Guesthouse par excellence 👌👌👌👌 Views…..oh my!!!!
I just saw this now by chance. I’m the owner of the container house. I’m glad you liked it. We live here permanently now.
Wow what a beautiful place, from the gardens to the animals, mountains and see. Curtis and Sonia you guys are doing a fantastic job traveling around SA to places I've never been to or heard of, and showing how beautiful SA is. So so proud ❤. I also love how the animals walk so freely and nobody bothers them, you can how comfortable they are with people. So lovely that people and animals can coexist with each other and it all comes down to respect which you can clearly see. I mean where else in the world would you see things like this, SA is truly a special country
I'm happy to hear you're enjoying our videos so much. We love exploring new and familiar places in our beautiful country and any kind of animal life is always right at the top of our list! 😍🇿🇦
I really do love watching your videos. I have anxiety and depression and watching your videos really does calm and relax me, because it's all about nature and our beautiful country. Thank you so much ❤❤
Stunning views 👍👌👌
Love the gardens and the sound of the birds
The gardens were fantastic, they take such great care to maintain them, well worth a visit! 🌳
The sound of the ocean just represents the power of the ocean!!!! Awesome👌👌👌
I must say that the view of the mountains was stunning, the botanical gardens amazing, and Betty's Bay accomadation extraordinary. Loved the penguin' and little Dassies amazing. Very beautiful episode thank you.
Thank you! 🤩 There was so much to see in Betty's Bay and we're happy that you enjoyed it too. The penguins and 'dassies' were certainly one of the highlights!
The botanical garden is stunning. 😮
Harold Porter Botanical gardens, perfectly manicured, so pretty and serene! Love the bird sounds……Nature’s music👌👌👌🥰
Lovely views. You look out for tortoises but walking in the rough has the danger of boomslang and other venomous creatures
I'm in the UK. You stayed at my dad's place. Glad you enjoyed it.
We had a fantastic time at Mountain Dew! Quiet, comfortable, all the things we love. 🤩
The penguins, so cute, and the dassies
I was excited to see the dassies up close, they're such cute animals and normally much more skittish. 🦡 Love it that the penguins have right of way in that area, that's how it should be!
Cute chubby Dassies🥰 And Penguins too!
I looked it up, they are called, " ROCK RABBITS" B/DORP
Your accomodation is amazing
It was a spectacular place with an awesome view. We loved every minute there! 😍
Great. I think I want to use that pass you were on next time. Never knew it existed. Great video as usual.
Beautiful it's the Indian Ocean
It is a very beautiful area, thank you for watching! 😊
At 4:43 on the bottom right you could see one of the many stumps that used to be telephone poles. The Knoflokskraal community did some affirmative shopping here.
Interesting observation. Thank you for watching! 🚗👍