South Africa Peninsula Tour #2 March 2009

     Cape Point National Park covers 7 1/2 thousand acres with 2 1/2 thousand plant varieties – mostly close to the ground and small leaves because of the harsh climate.
     South Africa has more animal species than North and South America combined.  We saw a tortoise,several troops of baboons, 3 eland (antelope with twisted horns), ostriches and many Indian starlings as we walked to have our photo taken at the Cape of Good Hope.
     At Boulder’s Beach we overlooked a penguin colony where mothers were feeding their babies; some penguins stood on the shore with their wings held out to capture the warmth; other penguins were lying on the dunes with their beaks open hyperventilating; and we witnessed a Kelp Gull flying off with a penguin egg.