The Cape’s Other Flowering Season
Mention spring flowers in the Cape and most people immediately think of Namaqualand. But there…
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Namaqualand in Bloom
Namaqualand is having its best flowering season in years. Record winter rainfall along South Africa’s…
Finding Slow Luxury in the Klein Karoo
A visit to Aardvark Bioreserve has RICHARD HOLMES appreciating the stark beauty and isolation of…
Karoo Origins
On a Karoo hillside just north of Graaff-Reinet*, a chance discovery revealed a world 250…
Nourished by Nature
A stay at the new De Hoop Villa is an invitation to step into nature…
Guardians of the Ghost Cat
High on the granite slopes of the Simonsberg Mountain, above rows of vines that have…
Take a Hike
The Stellenbosch Hiking Club organises a large variety of day and weekend hikes in the…
Bringing the Veld Home
When it comes to indigenous gardening, few people have shaped South Africa’s understanding quite like…
Stellenbosch’s Snake Man
Humans are not the only ones to enjoy the return of warmer weather; snakes do…
Of Wildebeest and Wild Spaces
It’s often dubbed ‘the greatest show on earth’, and with good reason. Millions of wildebeest,…