by Dominic Chadbon | Sep 20, 2018 | Table Mountain |
It is home to more plant species than there are in Sweden and its habitats include forests, wetlands and lush river valleys. But wildlife on Table Mountain is conspicuous by its absence rather than its abundance. Why is that? And what wildlife is there? Time to lace...
by Dominic Chadbon | Aug 20, 2018 | Bird Watching |
Right, that’s it. I’ve had enough of people laughing at me when I talk about the epic bird watching at Cape Town’s Strandfontein Sewage Works so I’ll prove it. Come on, grab your binoculars and let’s go and see what happens after we flush. I’d better make it clear...
by Dominic Chadbon | Jul 18, 2018 | Conservation |
The next time you visit the Cape Winelands and crack open a bottle of Chardonnay, take a look around you. The landscape today is a pleasant agricultural medley of vineyards, orchards and wheat fields but 400 years ago it was shrubby grassland covered in big, wild...
by Dominic Chadbon | Jun 22, 2018 | Cape Point |
If you’ve ever got out of the car at Cape Point and watched helplessly as your hat sails over the viewing rail then you’ll be comforted to know that the place to which we send over a million visitors a year has – officially – the worst weather anywhere on South...
by Dominic Chadbon | May 16, 2018 | Table Mountain |
The year is 1553. You are in the foothills of Table Mountain. Forget the happy hum of a modern city; there’s not a building in sight and that’s lion spoor in the sand at your feet. And the sudden crashing of undergrowth nearby could signal the approach of any one of a...
