{"id":3176,"date":"2025-08-23T14:41:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T14:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/?p=3176"},"modified":"2026-01-20T04:48:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T04:48:53","slug":"south-africa-day-16-goodbye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/index.php\/2025\/08\/23\/south-africa-day-16-goodbye\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa &#8211; Day 16 Goodbye"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We were packed and ready to go but had enough time for one last drive. We drove round the bay to Slangkop lighthouse that we could see at the end of &#8216;our&#8217; beach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"366\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250823_40592.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250823_40592.jpg 366w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250823_40592-183x300.jpg 183w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250823_40592-134x220.jpg 134w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 366px) 100vw, 366px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250823_41325.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250823_41325.jpg 800w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250823_41325-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250823_41325-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250823_41325-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250823_41638.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250823_41638.jpg 580w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250823_41638-290x300.jpg 290w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250823_41638-213x220.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately it closed on Saturdays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We continued along the coast to Scarborough then back in a loop to the villa,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250823_42172.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250823_42172.jpg 800w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250823_42172-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250823_42172-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250823_42172-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250823_42808.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250823_42808.jpg 800w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250823_42808-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250823_42808-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250823_42808-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250823_43463.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250823_43463.jpg 800w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250823_43463-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250823_43463-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250823_43463-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>narrowly missing the baboons running down the mountain and across the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"515\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250823_43657.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250823_43657.jpg 515w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250823_43657-258x300.jpg 258w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250823_43657-189x220.jpg 189w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After a quick lunch we said our goodbyes and set off to the airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"572\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250823_4463.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250823_4463.jpg 572w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250823_4463-286x300.jpg 286w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250823_4463-210x220.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 572px) 100vw, 572px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We had a wonderful holiday and thoroughly enjoyed our stay in South Africa &#8211; spending time with family and meeting more members of Kat&#8217;s family. The food and wine were delicious, the scenery was breathtaking and seeing all the animals was magical. The guy at check in said, &#8216;When are you coming back?!&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250823_44739.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250823_44739.jpg 600w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250823_44739-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250823_44739-165x220.jpg 165w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>(I&#8217;d love these two but they won&#8217;t fit in the overhead locker!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We were packed and ready to go but had enough time for one last drive. We drove round the bay to Slangkop lighthouse that we could see at the end of &#8216;our&#8217; beach. Unfortunately it closed on Saturdays. We continued along the coast to Scarborough then back in a loop to the villa, narrowly missing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,95,1],"tags":[96],"class_list":["post-3176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-foreign-holidays","category-south-africa","category-uncategorized","tag-south-africa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"views":288,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Carol","author_link":"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/index.php\/author\/admin\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/index.php\/category\/foreign-holidays\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Foreign Holidays<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/index.php\/category\/foreign-holidays\/south-africa\/\" rel=\"category tag\">South Africa<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/index.php\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"We were packed and ready to go but had enough time for one last drive. 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