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Adventure Travel in South Africa
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Top Birding Spots in South Africa
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Top Gardens in South Africa

Kirstenbosch NBG National Botanical Gardens in South Africa


Free State NBG, Bloemfontein, Free State


Harold Porter NBG - Bettys Bay, Overberg


Karoo Desert NBG - Worcester, Western Cape


Kirstenbosch NBG - Cape Town


KwaZulu-Natal NBG, Pietermaritzburg


Lowveld NBG - Nelspruit, Lowveld


Pretoria NBG - Tshwane, Gauteng


Walter Sisulu NBG - Roodepoort, Gauteng

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Old Nectar, Stellenbosch, Western Cape


The Owl House - Nieu-Bethesda


Wildekrans Country House - Houw Hoek


Margaret Roberts Herbal Centre, De Wildt


Gardens of the Lost City, Sun City


Kirstenbosch Gardens - Cape Town


Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden - an educational 'mixed' garden of indigenous and exotic specimens with protea, tropical aquatics and orchids, succulents, cacti and insectivores.


Sheilam Cactus Garden, Robertson, Western Cape


Soekershof - Roberson, Western Cape


Open Gardens of Elgin and Grabouw - Western Cape


Brenthurst Gardens - Johannesburg


Manie van der Schijff Botanical Garden - belonging to the University of Pretoria's West campus, it hosts thousands of indigenous plant species including a monocot garden and cycad collection.


Stellenbosch University Botanic Garden Stellenbosch, Western Cape


Vergelegen Garden, Western Cape

Other South African Gardens

The Company’s Garden
Address: Queen Victoria Street, Cape Town (at the top end of Adderley Street)
Office Hours: 07:30–16:00
Summer: 07:00–19:00
Winter: 07:00–18:00

Durbanville Rose Garden
Address: Durban Road, Durbanville
Opening hours: Sunrise to Sunset

Arderne Gardens Address: Main Road, Claremont
Opening hours: 08:00 – 16:30

Wynberg Park Address: Corner of Klaasens and Trovato Link Roads, Wynberg
Summer: 08:00 – 19:00
Winter: 08:00 – 18:00

Maynardville Park
Address: Corner of Church and Wolfe Streets, Wynberg
Summer: 08:00 – 19:00
Winter: 08:00 – 18:00

Greenways Hotel Garden
Address: Claremont.
Leave the airport and get on to the N2 highway to Cape Town
Take the Muizenberg M3 turn-off
(not the Muizenberg M5)

For more information on gardening in South Africa visit www.gardeningeden.co.za

Wild Flower sites:

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National Botanical Gardens of Kirstenbosch, Cape Town


Skilpad Reserve in Kamieskroon


Postberg Reserve, West Coast


Hester Malan Wild Flower Reserve – part of the Goegap Nature Reserve in Springbok.


Namaqualand

Birdwatching…

South Africa is famous for it's abundance in birds and bird-friendly accommodation & Birding Routes.
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