Park / Botanical GardensKirstenbosch National Botanical Garden

In the author's opinion, the gardens have a "unique flora" and are "among the most beautiful" botanical gardens in the world. You will find "magnificent oaks" and "indigenous plants". There is also a fragrance garden and a sculpture garden. The "best" time to see the gardens are "between mid-August and mid-October", the author states. For visitor [more]

The author describes the journey to the Botanical Gardens as one where "views of the harbor yield to vistas of distant mountains" and states that it is considered to be "the richest (floral kingdom) in plant diversity, with some 8,500 species" . She describes passing "a flock of Mandela's Gold, all-yellow birds of paradise" which is a locally deve [more]