Ah! It is school holidays and we took our son on his first cable car adventure!
He loved it!
We drove around an hour from Johannesburg to Magaliesberg, where the cablecars are. The hour went by in no time. We sang. We appreciated the dwindling city life as we ventured into the country side, had a few healthy snacks and were excited to see the tall, ‘real’ mountain.
We were almost surprised when we got to the end of our journey and parked in front of the majestic mountain.
We bought our tickets and waited patiently in line for our turn to be santised.
Not long and it was our turn to get into our personal little car.
It was beautiful to see how green the trees and grass were in an area that can tend to be on the dry side. We enjoyed the ride up a lot and I just (selfishly) indulged in how wonderful it is to have a child and being able to see everything through young eyes again… just when I was starting to get used to life and less sensitive to its beauties, wonders and small pleasures.
We relished in the luxury of stretching our eye muscles as we stood on top of the Magaliesberg. We could see all the way to the Hillbrow Tower in Johannesburg as we lifted our gaze upwards and away from the sparkling Hartebeespoortdam fed by the Crcodile river. Our son was relieved to learn that there are no crocs in the river.
After some lunch at the restaurant at the top, a bit of a walk, looking at the backs of the soaring black-backed vultures and blue slush puppy at the kiddies play area, we headed back to the station to board our cable car for the trip down.
We were a cheerful little family as we headed back to Johannesburg!
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