The Fynbos Guy Blog
HIKING IN FRANSCHHOEK: THE MONT ROCHELLE RESERVE
As if wine and chocolate pairings weren’t enough: Franschhoek sits a 10-minute drive from one of the best mountain fynbos reserves in the Cape Winelands. The Mont Rochelle Nature Reserve overlooks the vineyards and herb gardens of everyone’s favourite Wineland town...
TABLE MOUNTAIN WILDLIFE – UHM, WHERE IS IT?
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...
Cape Town’s Best 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...
WHERE THE WILD THINGS WERE: AN INTRODUCTION TO RENOSTERVELD
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...