Private Le Cape Animal Farms-dagtour

Gauthier was een aardige gids die van zijn werk leek te genieten, maar hij nam ook de hele tijd telefoontjes aan en ik voelde me gehaast bij de verschillende haltes. Hij heeft me ook schuldig gemaakt om voor zijn lunch te betalen. De cheetah-, leeuwen-, apen- en krokodillenstops waren de moeite waard, maar de giraffenstop was het niet echt waard.

I contacted African Xplora shortly before we left for our trip as our planned tour got cancelled; they were able to accommodate my request with only a week's notice. Then I had to contact them again to change the date of the tour and again they said no problem. That was awesome! Remi was our driver for the day and he was waiting at our hotel right on time for pick up. We headed out to our first location and I let him know that we had already been to one of the stops on the itinerary and could we do something instead. He didn't tell us any plans at that time, but we did make an additional stop later in the day. Our first stop didn't go as planned as the Giraffe House Wildlife Awareness Centre denied us entry as we weren't wearing boots and the ground was a wet from rain. We were very upset by this, but it was no fault of the company or Remi. We made all the other stops and we were just fine without boots! Since we missed the Giraffe House and the one other stop that we had already visited, we made a stop at the Babylonstoren Hotel and Gardens. The gardens were really beautiful and this was a great addition to the day's tour. We enjoyed seeing the lions at Drakenstein. Perhaps the best stop is Monkey Town where we got to participate in an encounter with squirrel monkeys. They give you bits of food to feed them and they all come to sit on you. To our amazement, the monkeys were very sweet. Remi was a knowledgeable guide and shared history where ever we went. I could tell he was upset when the Giraffe House refused us, but he tried to accommodate us however he could. Overall he was a great guide and we had a good day.