T-rex overlooking the cyad amphitheatre

Kirstenbosch

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November 14th 2015
14 November 2015 We used the time available to us on our extra Cape Town day to visit Kirstenbosch, South Africa’s world famous national botanical gardens, which cover 36 hectares in a beautiful location on the eastern slopes of Table Mountain. The gardens are home to about 9,000 of Southern Africa’s 22,000 plant species and we spent a delightful 3 hours wandering around the diverse attr ... read more

Africa » South Africa

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After the British seized the Cape of Good Hope area in 1806, many of the Dutch settlers (the Boers) trekked north to found their own republics. The discovery of diamonds (1867) and gold (1886) spurred wealth and immigration and intensified the subjug... ... read more