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Continuing an off-beaten path from South Africa's Garden Route, in the second part of her travelogue, Alwynne Gwilt stops in a rather crowded spot on the Cape Peninsula - crowded, but not with people. "Look at them go!" I yell to my husband, H, as I look down towards the Atlantic Ocean in front of us. "I just love them so much." By 'them' I mean penguins - dozens and dozens of penguins. Hopping, floating, diving, waddling, bickering, noisy, delightful penguins. I'm at the glorious Tintswalo at Boulders which overlooks the famous Boulders Beach, home to thousands of African penguins which reside in the Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected Area, just outside of Simons Town and around an hour's drive from Cape Town. From the luxury boutique hotel's top floor, one gets a prime vantage point for watching these funny creatures go about their day and I couldn't be happier - seeing penguins was a primary attraction point of my fi ....
In an exclusive serialised travel feature, we get behind the wheel with Alwynne Gwilt as she ventures off the well-worn asphalt of South Africa's 'Garden Route' in favour of exploring a little further afield, and her first stop is a restored nature reserve where there's magic in the air. "It's just so stunning," I exclaim, as we wind our way down a dusty road in the heartland of the Cederberg Mountains. "It's like nothing I've seen here before." It's my fifth trip to South Africa, and I've started to feel like more of a local in some ways. The world class vineyards and gastronomy, the spectacular coastline and its incredible wildlife, and the varied terrain perfect for all sorts of outdoor activities all make it one of my favourite countries in the world. But this is the first time I've ventured north to the wild Cederberg Mountains, named after a species of endangered cedar tree. It is a mere two and a half hour dr ....