can spot some more distinctive black and white creatures: the local penguin colonies who waddle across the rocks before diving into the Atlantic waters beyond Cape Point. A seven-night trip with Southern Africa Travel staying at Sanbona and Last Word

for fearless Joe, though I was getting a little tired of looking like a drowned rat as another bucket a water toppled on my head. And we must have floated round in the giant rubber rings for hours, traveling through rapids, torrents and dodging waterfalls