We depart early from Cape Town and head for the West Coast National Park, where large areas of flowers can be seen in the Seeberg/Mooimaak and Postberg areas. From there we make our way to the little fishing village of Paternoster and the Columbine National Park via the Geelbek bird lookout and Langebaan
Day 2
Overnight: Clanwilliam
Day two takes us via Velddrif, Piketburg, Elands Bay & Lamberts Bay . From there we head on to the Ramskop Nature Reserve , situated overlooking the Clanwilliam Dam, with beautifully laid out walking paths offering spectacular views towards the Cedarberg mountains. Clanwilliam is best known for its Rooibos tea, being the only place in the world where this is grown, and a visit to this area would not be complete without a tea tasting at the Rooibos Tea House
Day 3
Overnight Clanwilliam
Today we will travel via the Pakhuis Pass to the Nieuwoudtville area, popularly known as the bulb capital of the world due to its abundant display of indigenous flowering bulbs in Spring and Winter. We visit the 115ha Nieuwoudtville Wild Flower Reserve with over 300 species of indigenous flora, and the Hantam National Botanical Gardens, where an amazing 1350 plant species have been recorded to date. Declared a botanical treasure of international importance, the Hantam Botanical Gardens is SA’s ninth national botanical garden, and has superb trails for visitors to experience and appreciate the flowers on foot. Also on the agenda is the Matjiesfontein farm , reported to be the single farm with the largest diversity of wildflowers anywhere in the world. We make our way back to Clanwilliam for a second night via the Vanrhyns Pass, Vanrhynsdorp, Vredendal and Klawer, stopping off at Stellar Organics Winery, South Africas largest producer of fine, organic , fair trade wine, if time permits
From Clanwilliam we start heading south to Worcester to visit the Karoo Desert National Botanical Garden, a truly unique 154 ha garden at the foot of the Hex River Mountain range, displaying a wide variety of arid and semi arid plants, with a large succulent collection, rivers of colour created by the orange Namaqualand daisies, annuals and Vygies. Having feasted on wildflowers, we move on through some of the wine estates of the Robertson Wine Route, where, not for the first time, we are spoilt for choice with the estates of Nuy Winery, Rooiberg, Graham Beck, Arabella, Ashton Kelder, Springfield, Bon Courage, Viljoensdrift, Van Loveren, De Wetshof , Weltevrede , Bonnievale Wines, Windfall and Lord’s all within striking distance, before overnighting at a hidden gem just outside Ashton
