My experience at Cape Point Nature Reserve
The time spent at Cape Point Nature
Reserve was both informative and fun. The day itself was cold and windy, but it
was extremely enjoyable with friends and lecturers. Most of us were extremely excited
and worried at the same time about the excursion, because we knew from the weather
forecast that it was going to be a cold day.
The buses
left UWC approximately nine o’clock and thus our journey began, with laughter, shivering
shoulders and big smiles. The journey was long but it was worthwhile driving
around the peninsula and observing the sea as we drove past Kalk Bay, all of
the students knew we were in for a treat because the drive to Cape Point Nature
Reserve was not familiar to all of us.
Once arriving
at Cape Point Nature Reserve we observed a beautiful entrance but the drive to
the actually site took about ten minutes by bus. The site was amazing because
of the different landscape and animals that live in this habitat. The
information centre was filled with wildlife pictures, birds and otters. The
birds in the information centre were taxidermy specimens and the draws of
cupboards were filled with different kinds of ants and wasps. After looking at
the animals in the information centre I made my way to the shop where the food
and drinks were extremely expensive and ridiculously priced, thanks to our
facilitators for warning us to bring our own goodies to indulge.
The bus embarked
on another ten minute drive as we made our way to the lighthouse, the place we
all waited to see. The first thing that came to my attention was the funicular
but the excitement was short lived because we could not use it to arrive on top,
but it was good because one had to pay a fee in order to get on the funicular.
The
wildlife seen at Cape Point Nature reserve was spectacle, because I have never
seen baboons that are so calm and collected although it was not harmed it was
still very tranquil and at peace. The birds were not seen much because the
weather was not in favour of the birds at Cape Point Nature Reserve. A large
type buck was seen close to the seaside it was believed to be a kudu eating grass,
the kudu itself was too far to capture due to lack of megapixels on my phone.
Once by
the lighthouse one could observe light and dark patterns of water. The view was
amazing and beautiful because one could everything from the top; the only thing
that was difficult to deal with was the strong wind. One could hear nothing and
it was difficult to capture many pictures because the wind would have literally
blown you over.
After the
lighthouse we went to the seaside of Cape Point Nature Reserves, it is known as
Buffels Bay where a man made stairs was seen, this was in order to get up the
mountain rock to observe the view.
All in
all the excursion was great and enjoyable, because the nature observed with
friends and facilitators was an awesome experience.
