This was a Vermont Bike Tour or VBT event that including biking, hiking, museums, visiting many towns of historical significance and stayed in incredible hotels and resorts along the way as well as visiting farms, vinyards,  forests and going on a safari or visiting animal centers. We rode bikes on the Garden Route which is along the southern coastline.  We started in Cape Town and ended in Johannesburg and along the way stayed in the town of Franschhoek Vineland’s, Oudtshoorn for an ostrich tour, Kensna Lagoon and buffets bay. Ok this is the overview so see tabs on the left for more informations and photos will be in order under headings below . 

We started in Cape Town and the town was on the water and is one of South Africa’s oldest working harbors with a beautiful promenade with many shops like the inner harbor of Baltimore Maryland. We visited the aquarium, , floated to the top of Table mountain, biked to a penguin colony, and visited a a world heritage site Kirstenbosch as well as visiting a vineyard called Silvermist for some great music performances.  We stayed a great small hotel called More Quarters. Photos below 

The aquarium and photos around their harbor below 

To the top of Table Mountain below 

Riding to the see the penguins below

We visited a vineyard below with great music productions of Drumstruck below 

 

 

Plus we visit a world heritage site Kirstenbosch  and we hiked all over and it was wonderful photos below

 

From here we traveled and biked to see the penguins and Cape of Good Hope  below

From here we travel and rode bikes to the Vineland’s cycling  Franschhoek Winelands and tasting great wines along the way. We stayed in the incredible Le Franschoek Hotel and Spa and photos below 

great meals at the Le Franschhoek Hotel and spa

Visiting the vineyard and winery below

from here we biked to a water fall with phots below 

 

WE hiked into this water fall below 

 

WE rode to Oudtshoorn for an ostrich tour and we stayed at the great LA Plume Guest House that was part of the ostrich Farm where we had a tour and phots below 

La Plume Guest house was amazing the the food incredible 

and the facilities were just incredible

This was Ostrich country

From here we ride around various areas like Meiringspoort with a few photos below 

From here we traveled to Kynsna Lagoon where we stayed inn the great Knysna Hollow Country Estate below and this is were we saw the Indian Ocean meet the Atlantic Ocean and photos below 

Biking to Warwick below

 

the great hotel below with pool and Padel courts

Biking to the ocean below where to Indian Ocean meets the Atlantic 

 

Then we went hiking below

From here our trip ended with VBT but some stayed on for a safari or visited Cheetah center and photos below. Arden and I went to Johannesburg and stayed in the great African Rock Hotel and visited the Cheetah Center 

 

Many thanks to VBT and our guides Henk and Thomas and our drivers and thanks to the hotel and their staff.  Also Arden and I were blessed to have been one this adventure with such great people so thank you all