A catamaran took us out to Pelican Point - the trip included surprise onboard visits by a seal, then a pelican, followed by a kelp gull. Really? There were hundreds of seals on the beach at Pelican Point making quite a din. The younger ones were curious and many swam out to us and frolicked around the kayak. Paddling a little further out to sea we were thrilled to have bottlenosed dolphins surfacing nearby.

Lunch on the beach was followed by a hectic 4x4 drive to an area they call Sandwich Harbour, once a trading port, but there is nothing left of the harbour now having long ago been reclaimed by the sea. It's purported to be the only place in the world where the sea meets the sand dunes. We did some insane 'dune bashing', which is like a roller coaster ride. Along the way we spotted black backed jackal, oryx and springbok. The sea mist started to roll in and we headed home.