Burned Proteas in the Durbanville Nature Reserve (2021-02-13)
The City of Cape Town boasts a handful of micro nature reserves, small slices of land intended to preserve some of the Cape’s more endangered...
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Tag: fynbos
Fresh Air and Fynbos at Rooi-Els (2020-07-18)
November 5, 2021
by Craig Lotter
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Rooi-Els, Afrikaans for red alder (which coincidently is apparently not actually found in Rooi-Els), is the first settlement to greet you along the R44 coastal...
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Silver Trees in Silwerboom Kloof Natural Heritage Site in Somerset West (2021-09-24)
October 31, 2021
by Craig Lotter
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Sandwiched in between the luxurious suburban homes of Spanish Farm, Somerset West, is a small protected 4.9 ha sliver of land known as Silwerboom Kloof...
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Walking up Hoy’s Koppie in Hermanus (2021-01-09)
July 22, 2021
by Craig Lotter
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Back in the mid-19th century when Hermanus was still going by its original name of Hermanuspietersfontein, this isolated hill, standing on an otherwise flat plain...
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Klein Karoo Fynbos at Badensfontein in Montagu (2020-10-25)
February 28, 2021
by Craig Lotter
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Clearly last year with the deadly Covid-19 pandemic raging across the globe was not the year to do much going away in. In fact, with...
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Hunting for Proteas at the Helderberg Nature Reserve in Somerset West (2019-07-27)
April 8, 2020
by Craig Lotter
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Sometimes it just doesn’t work. I can’t convince, bribe or coerce my wife or either of my girls to head out for a walk with...
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Traipsing about Rooi-Els Nature Reserve (2019-01-19)
April 4, 2020
by Craig Lotter
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At the start of last year I managed the unusual in that on a rare weekend morning without Helderberg Cake Company orders to fulfill, I...
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Scooting about Pinnacle Point Estate in Mossel Bay (2019-09-28)
February 1, 2020
by Craig Lotter
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Last year September saw me take the girls up for a weekend away at Pinnacle Point in Mossel Bay, a slightly more out of the...
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A Stroll through Jan Marais Nature Reserve in Stellenbosch (2019-03-31)
October 25, 2019
by Craig Lotter
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I’m quite fond of the extremely accessible Jan Marais Nature Reserve in Stellenbosch. Situated within the town itself, the park is compact, has well marked...
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Hiking and Picnics at the Helderberg Nature Reserve in Somerset West (2017-10-21)
March 25, 2019
by Craig Lotter
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At the top of Somerset West, situated on the slopes of the Hottentots Holland Mountains, and overlooking False Bay, you’ll find the Helderberg Nature Reserve,...
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