Flower Season. The Capes Floral Kingdom


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  • Café Blouberg Blouberg, 021 554 4462, Open Daily 9:00–22:00
  • Cape Columbine Lighthouse 021 449 2400, Open Weekdays 10:00–15:00, Closed Weekends
  • Cape Columbine Nature Reserve 5km From Paternoster, 022 752 2718
  • Day Visitors 7:00–19:00
  • Cape Sports Center 022 772 1114
  • Club Mykonos, Langebaan, 022 707 6970
  • Die Pomphuis Gallery 022 752 2058, Daily 10:00–17:00 Or So, Depending on the weather
  • Die Strandloper Langebaan, 022 772 2490 Or 083 227 7195, Lunch and dinner daily in season, otherwise depending on bookings, booking essential
  • Die Winkel Op Paternoster 022 752 2632, Daily 10:00–16:30
  • Evita Se Perron Old Darling Railway Station, 022 492 2831
  • Groote Post Wine Estate 022 492 2825, Wine Tastings Mon–Fri 9:00–17:00, Sat 9:00–15:00, Closed Sun, Restaurant: Lunches only
  • Langebaan Country Estate
  • Ons Huisie Blouberg Open Daily 9:00–22:00
  • Paternoster Se Padstal 084 762 5656, Daily 9:00–17:30
  • Rondeberg Private Nature Reserve Open Easter To Christmas, Booking Essential
  • Voorstrandt Restaurant 022 752 2038, Open Daily 10:00–22:00
  • West Coast Fossil Park Open Weekdays 8:00–16:00, Sat–Sun 9:00–13:00
  • West Coast National Park And Postberg Reserve 022 772 2144, Main Gates Open Daily 7:00–19:00, Postberg normally open Aug; Sept Only, 8:00–17:00
  • Darling Tourism Bureau, Cnr Pastorie; Hill Streets. 022 492 3361
  • Langebaan Tourism Bureau, Bree Street, 022 772 1515
  • West Coast Peninsula Tourism Bureau (Paternoster/Vredenburg/ St Helena Bay), 022 715 1142
  • West Coast Regional Tourism Organisation Moorreesburg, 022 433 2380

Where To Stay

Langebaan

  • Houseboats On Langebaan Lagoon Private Operator
  • Sa National Parks Boat
  • The Farmhouse Hotel 5 Egret Street

Paternoster

  • The Beach Camp, Cape Columbine Nature Reserve Paternoster
  • The Oystercatcher’s Haven 48 Sonkwas Way, Paternoster, On The Edge Of The Cape Columbine Reserve

By Adélle Horler.


Copyright Struik Publications
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Time: Four days, three nights if you have time on your hands (or one action-packed weekend if work shouts too loudly). Distance: About 350km (excluding mileage in the West Coast National Park) Best time to go: ...

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As you leave Café Blouberg, turn left at the T-junction into Sir David Baird Drive. Go straight through the traffic circle. Turn left at the second circle, then go straight through the third circle. Enter Melkbosstrand (8km). At the traffic lights at a ...

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Peak season is August and September, which is also the only time the Postberg Private Reserve is open. There you can look out for eland, kudu, blue wildebeest, springbok and the stripey Cape mountain zebra. About six kilometres from the main gate the r ...

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The road winds through the original fishing village, and then becomes gravel (a bit rutted) as you approach the reserve. A tour of the lighthouse is also worthwhile, although sadly it’s closed on weekends. Some say that Tieties Bay, at the far end of t ...