Mr. & Mrs. Vandebilt + kids

We left Cape Town on Monday and have been living it up in Knysna for the last couple of days with Dene, Jaco, Lienka and Ian. We have this stunning house rented on thesen island that has its own private jetty and a spectacular view. We are definitely being spoiled right now.

We took it easy the last two days, lazing around this spectacular space, going for some walks, finding some play areas and eating ice cream. Today we decided it was time to become a tourist again and visit the Knysna elephant park.

The park hosts a number of elephants coming from zoos, circuses or otherwise abusive environments. They now live in a rather large reserve but because they have some human training you can get right up close and personal with them. We got to feed, touch and Charlies favourite – hug their trunks. The kids loved all of it and were surprisingly well behaved. I was probably the most timid of anyone.

We ended the day with drinks and the most incredible lightening show.