The coastline offers a marine experience like no other. See 40-ton southern right whales only metres from your boat. Travel to the island refuge of sea bird colonies and admire the underwater antics of a 60 000 strong Cape fur seal colony. Be amazed by the awesome spectacle of a great white shark breaking the surface. The cliffs of Walker Bay, offer some of the best land based whale viewing in the world. Watch spellbound as mothers, calves and energetic bulls come to within 30 metres of the rocky shoreline. See your lone footprints fade into the distance behind you while exploring deserted beaches or visit a stone-age coastal cave and be reminded of the countless generations who have walked these beaches before you. The Cape Flora is one of a kind. Nowhere else is plant life more diverse. Grootbos Nature Reserve conserves 1061 ha of pristine fynbos, the Cape’s unique vegetation type. Within its borders lies a wealth of more than 600 species of flowering plants. Huge stands of extravagant proteas paint the hillsides and bulbs burst into flower after fire. Pollination, seed dispersal and germination - there is always something happening and a story to be told. Expert botanical guides will open your eyes to the intricacies of the fynbos ecosystems and leave you with another lasting impression of the wonders of nature.
Explore the wonders of the Western Cape - discover fynbos, ancient milkwood forests, whales, birds, archeaological caves and beaches from the elegant Grootbos Lodge near Hermanus, South Africa.
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