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Cape Town Ecotourist Information. |
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Fynbos - The Cape Floral Kingdom. Virtual Tour. |
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Fynbos (from Dutch 'fijn bosch' = fine bush) is the major vegetation type of the small botanical region known as the Cape Floral Kingdom. Although the smallest it is also the richest of the world's six floral kingdoms. It comprises a treasure trove of 1300 species of plants per 10 000 km2 compared to its closest rival of only 400 (South American rain forest). Visit the Beach House's fynbos pages to find out more....click on image left or right. |
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| The plants in the Western Cape have diversified like nowhere else in the world. For example, there are more species of plants growing on Table Mountain than that what there are in the entire British Kingdom! | ||||
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The beauty of fynbos extends far beyond the well know and spectacular proteas. The original geranium and gazania for example comes from the Cape. The original endemic plants are flowering in our fynbos garden. | ||||
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| The restios and integral part of fynbos, provides own display of brilliance and variation. Take the fynbos tour to learn more and get the most out of your visit to the Fairest Cape of them all. |  |
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Bird watching - Virtual Bird Watching Tour. |
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| The Cape Peninsula offers incredible bird watching opportunities, Kommetjie itself offers one the best land based bird watching sites in the world. The images below links to specific pages on the bird shown and bypasses the general pages on Bird Watching and Seabird Watching in the area of the Beach House, they represent a sample of what is available on our virtual bird watching tour. To take the tour click here: Virtual Bird Watching Tour. | |||||||
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The African Black
Oystercatcher. The beautiful African black oystercatcher is in danger of extinction, its way of life increasingly threatened by man. There are no more than 5 000 birds in the world. Oystercatchers are frequently seen from the Beach House and there are many pairs living and breeding within walking distance of the Guest House. Click on the images to find out more. |
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Hartlaub's Gull & Other Seabirds. The Cape's wide variety of habitats, from coastal to mountain fynbos, wetlands, offshore islands and farmlands, provides for a diversity of species which will delight both the casual bird watcher and the serious birder, as well as the artist and photographer. |
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Bird Sanctuaries & Parks.
The Cape
Peninsula's birds are easily viewed at a number of attractive venues. The
Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve
tops the selection
with 250 species of bird. The World of Birds Wildlife Sanctuary in Hout Bay is the largest bird park in Africa with 3 000 birds and 450 species! Imhoff up the road is another famous bird sanctuary attraction. Take the virtual Bird Route to find out more.. |
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Whale Watching. |
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| Most whale sightings in Kommetjie are from July to November. | |||||
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The Western Cape offers the best land based whale watching in the world. The circular drive along the Peninsula often takes one between ocean and mountains with enough elevation to see for several miles - perfect for watching whales. Southern Right whales visit each year to mate and calf in the shallow and protected inshore bays. |
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Contact: info@sunsetbeach.co.za |
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