Malgas Pont & De Hoop NR
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A nature reserve whose name comes from a farm that once bred Andalusian horses… Repository of 1,500 species of limestone-adapted ericas and pincushions and leucadendrons… A place of vleis and flamingos and fish eagles, of miles of bone-white sand dunes, of lobtailing whales in the ocean and planing Cape vultures in the sky. De Hoop is about nature and conservation and peacefulness.
A nature reserve whose name comes from a farm that once bred Andalusian horses… Repository of 1,500 species of limestone-adapted ericas and pincushions and leucadendrons… A place of vleis and flamingos and fish eagles, of miles of bone-white sand dunes, of lobtailing whales in the ocean and planing Cape vultures in the sky. De Hoop is about nature and conservation and peacefulness. You can hike, mountain-bike, do a 4×4 trail or a vlei boat trip.
But … you should also get your seasons right. Southern right whales migrate to South African shores between June and November; flamingos are usually around from November to April, but this also depends on the rains. For a flowering fynbos experience, it’s tricky — some species flower in winter and spring, others, like some of the ericas, in mid-summer.
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