Oct 8 – Goodbye to Cape Town



Stellenbosch Countryside



At 6:00 PM we sail for Mauritius.  It has been a wonderful stop and we are sad to be leaving, but we do have one last tour.   We boarded a bus and drive to Stellenbosch for a city orientation and a stop at one of the many wineries in the area.  Stellenbosch is a very charming city that built up by the British and is home to some very old and high quality wineries or at least that what we are told.  The winery we visited was very nice, but their wine did not match the winery making it.  Oh well it gives us another reason to visit Cape Town and South Africa again.  We were given an hour to wonder around in the town of Stellenbosch and we found a piece of inexpensive art that was created by a local artist in a size that we could actually bring home on the airplane.




Old Home in Stellenbosch

We got back from the tour in time to do some last minute shopping in the Cape Town mall.  We bought a book on Cape Town cooking, had coffee and a chocolates and returned to the ship in time to get to the top deck to watch the last views of Cape Town as we left port heading for Mauritius.

Neethingshof Winery - Stellenbosch