The Fynbos Guy Blog
Cape Point after the Storm
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...
Table Mountain Wildlife – As It Once Was
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...
An Autumn Hike on Table Mountain
Cape Town’s autumn months of April and May are generally accepted as having the fewest flowers in bloom. This may be true in sheer numbers but with a fifth of the fynbos in flower at any time of year, it’s not like you’ll see nothing. And anyway, autumn is a...
On the Shoulders of Giants: Chadbon’s Three Immutable Laws of Fynbos
Forget what you learnt at school: the science of Botany has been re-written – by none other than yours truly – and I present, after many years of diligent observation, Chadbon’s Three Immutable Laws of Fynbos. Law 1. Afrikaans has Better Names for Plants than English...