My last day in Wilderness was filled with sun, sand, cocktails and a seriously full belly. I had been waking up consistently early during this week, possibly due to some subtly relentless jetlag. Every morning at about 5.30am I would find myself wide awake. In order to entertain myself I would walk down to the main house and curl up on the outdoor couches. Every single morning I would be greeted by the gorgeous hostel cat who would curl up on my neck and lap and keep me company until the rest of civilisation would awaken.
Walking from Fairy Knowe Backpackers into the town takes about 30 minutes and is an absolutely lovely walk. For the first day in several weeks, the weather was not rainy or overcast, but sunny and glorious. Lisa and I started the day with a 90 minute yoga session run by Fairy Knowe and although we had initially planned to spend the day hiking again, we soon decided to make use of the sunshine and spend the day indulging.
The town sits about 40 metres from the beautiful, pristine and mostly empty Wilderness beach. I have been told that as the summer months progress the town and beach becomes much more crowded, but as I visited towards the end of shoulder season, I seemed to constantly be lucky enough to avoid huge crowds.
I took hundreds (if not thousands) of photos during my time in South Africa, but Wilderness beach provided the setting for one of my absolute favourites.
Lisa and I spent several hours on the beach, she spent her time sunbathing and I spent my time applying sunscreen in 10 minutely intervals. Doing nothing all day really does help one work up an appetite, so it wasn’t long before we went in search of food and booze. We wandered for just a few minutes before we came across Cocomo restaurant. There is a reason this place has a 5 star rating on Facebook! The service is impeccable, the staff are all stupidly attractive, the cocktails are both plentiful and cheap, costing between 30ZAR – 50 ZAR ($3-$5) each. Also, the meals are food-baby inducing in the best possible way, I could eat the stuffed mushrooms every day for the rest of my life.
The walk back to the hostel seemed to go much quicker which may be because of the somewhat excessive consumption of delicious fruity flavoured alcohol. Walking back along the now out of use train tracks was absolutely beautiful, and it is a testament to that beauty that I can remember it so clearly, despite my increased blood vodka levels.
THE LOWDOWN
Camera: iPhone 5
Hostel: Fairy Knowe Backpackers
Days/Nights: 3/3
Budget: 1500ZAR ($150) for 3 days incl. accommodation, meals, drinks, paragliding, canoeing & kloofing
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