The best time for viewing wild flowers in the Cape Town area of South Africa is usually during August and September depending upon rainfall during July. The flower routes as they are known locally offer some of the most spectacular wild flowers in the world.
The rains of July transform the area into a giant display of a huge variety of wild flowers, of such diversity that the Clanwilliam Dam Resort and the Ramskop Nature Reserves alone boast of up to 250 indigenous plants.
The Ramskop Nature Reserve has a wild flower garden with over 350 species of wild flowers and the walks through the garden profit from superb views of the Cederberg Mountains and the Clanwilliam Dam. You can also enjoy a short ramble to the dam wall. Optimum viewing times are between 11.00 and 15.00.
Fynbos Biome (Cape Fynbos) is recognized as one of the six floral kingdoms of the world. Small wonder really as few places on earth can compare with its 8,500 varieties of plant of which over two thirds are endemic, that is to say they only appear in this particular place. Rare species include the Snow Protea and the Clanwilliam Cedar.
It is worth remembering that wild flowers are best viewed with the sun behind you when the sun is at its warmest as it is then that the flowers bloom to their fullest capacity.
There are numerous flower shows in the area during August and September and the Clanwilliam Wild Flower show is probably the most well known. The Clanwilliam tourist office is an excellent source of advise regarding how to get the most out of your flower route visit.
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