One last look at the starfish before we go...

Modeling their shark hats they made in the kids' area.

We had a few hours to kill before our flight home so we took the kids back to the aquarium in Cape Town. Saoirse was awake for it this time and the kids were excited to see all the fish, sharks, etc. We had to steer Ciaran away from the touch pool until close to the end otherwise we'd have been there all day.

The trip was lovely and we would most certainly go back to South Africa.

Oudtshoorn

At the Cango Ostrich Farm - feeding one of the big ones.

Yes, I rode the ostrich and they go fast. I also have a new appreciation for bull riders.

Getting a "neck massage" from the birds, again I was the only one to volunteer for this.

Saoirse is standing on two year old ostrich eggs. Each one can withstand 120 kg of weight on them. Saoirse is hardly close.

On the way to Oudtshoorn we finally saw baboons. Mind you there's signs everywhere warning you not to feed them or you can be fined, but we never saw them. These guys were just sunning themselves on the road.

Plett Bay

After lunch nearby, the kids got to pick out something from the local vendors nearby. Saoirse liked a wooden elephant. Ciaran picked a black chicken and these wooden spoons.

Not a fan of the waves, Saoirse took to playing in the sand.

A large jellyfish washed up on the beach, the snail type things were making a b-line out of the water for it. Yum yum.

We had another day of sunny weather and stir crazy kids so to enjoy both we walked a long strand of beach and Ciaran played in the surf. Now we can say we put our feet in the Indian Ocean.

$125 boat ride

We took a chance on a "dolphin safari" and ended up spending 1.5 hrs bouncing along the bay seeing nothing, so since the dolphins and whales were nowhere to be seen, we were brought to a colony of Cape Fur Seals, which was nice to see, but I'm still a little bitter at the price tag.

Knysna Elephant Park

Because you just can't get enough of elephants and we needed something to occupy the kids, we went to the Knysna Elephant Park for a little tour armed with two buckets of "yummies" to feed the animals. James and I braved feeding the group by placing the fruit right in their mouths, the kids and Curt sort of let them take it out of their hands with their trunks. But everyone enjoyed it.