Cape Town, South Africa - Days 6 & 7

Giving Cape Town a full week for the visit was a great decision. The city has a pretty chill pace and most activities take up the whole day. With our time in Cape Town coming to end, we chose to have a renewed focus on the basics: food and drink.

Here's what we did on Days 6 & 7, some advice if you visit, fun facts, and some of our favorite pictures.

• Stellenbosch, Paarl, and Franschloek Full Day Wine Tour
• Cellar tour
• Four wineries with five-six wine at each tasting
• One cheese tasting
• Philadelphia apartment search online (four hours!)
• Camps Bay walking around
• Karibu Lunch at the V&A Waterfront exploring game meats:
• Ostrich (favorite)
• Kudu
• Springbok
• Impala

Advice if you visit

• The vineyards of Stellenbosch, Paarl, and Franschloek are beautiful and worth the visit. If you can afford it, get the tour so that you aren't worried about driving and can enjoy it fully. The vine portions are generous and your guide will know the best places to go, like one with unlimited cheeses! Average price for a group tour is R600 - R700 per person.
• Game meats, especially venison, are a specialty of the region. We found ostrich to be fantastic since it's got the flavor and texture of beef but is much leaner and lower in cholesterol. As for the venison, make sure to get it rarer than you usually would since it dries out easily. All three tasted very similar and good. 
• Travelling on the MyCiti bus during peak hours (7-9am and 4-6pm) can be tough. It gets pretty crowded, loud, and hot (no a/c!) quite quickly. Still an incredible deal compared to taxi prices and the network is extensive and efficient. The ride from Civic Center to Camps Bay takes about 20 minutes and costs around R5.  

Fun facts

• Dare your friends to eat a raw olive. It's one of the most bitter things we've ever tasted. Our tour guide offered it from a tree at one of the vineyards.
• Somehow everyone on the MyCiti bus knows each other, even if they get on and off at different stops. 
• Our tour guide told us that the Ferris wheel at the V&A Waterfront is soooo empty that it was rated as the fifth best place for sneaky PDA in Cape Town. We're curious as to who's job it was to come up with this rating.
• Rahul - you gotta try bitlong. It's South African jerky but so much better. You get different meats like ostrich, beef, etc. But instead of the regular peppered or teriyaki flavors, you get chili that is amazing. We bought a 180 gram bag that we're carrying to Europe (since we can't afford meat there.)

Summary of Pictures

Caught between some French oak barrels worth $1000+

Who needs Napa Valley? 

Finally catching some green on the camera

They do pour heavy

Even though it was a bit cloudy winter day making it hard to capture the awesomeness of area, here is this shot! High granite mountains has a backdrop for vineyards.

Vrede en Lust (in winter though) Beautiful estate!

Wine tasting room

Wine country and safari, see the zebras out there?

Come to the Fairview estate for UNLIMITED CHEESE FOR 15 rand (you won't get that offer in Napa)

We have here some grilled game meats, a bad sauce, and a good corn meal and beans side dish

Hiding behind those clouds is the most incredible mountain scenery that we only got to see once on a quick bus ride

Camps Bay

We came to see the rocky seas and got our wish