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.