RAMBD’S REDFIN MISSION!
For a typical Capetonian, a snorkel adventure starts with wetsuit, mask and fins - and then that awkward waddle across the beach. This sets off a series of disturbing mental visualisations ofa gasping plunge into the icy Atlantic with the reward of a bone-chilling, yet sublime swim through moody kelp forests on an expedition to spy on fish and nudibranchs, maybe swim with seals and have penguins pop into the water with you. If you're lucky, that is.
Which is why, when I was offered the opportunity to snorkel with some of the world’s rarest fish, a species only found in the Western Cape, I never expected that finding them would mean travelling 100km inland.
Such was the case when I found myself next to adventure and travel guide Nico Meyer, on a blisteringly hot summer morning at Tweede Toi campsite on the Bainskloof mountain pass. We were, I'd been told, heading deep into the heart ofLimietberg Nature Reserve.
I hopped out ofthe car fully equipped. Hiking boots, trekking poles, and a heavy backpack laden with the GoPro,
