Cecil Rhodes' Camphor trees

Reflecting pool

Another of those butterflies in Kirstenbosch

Natal Francolin, Pternistis natalensis, picking and pecking its way along a path in Kirstenbosch

Ensete ventricosum, the false banana.
There was a similar plant on display at RHS Garden Wisley only that was ensete glaucum, the snow banana that is found in Yunan, China.

King of the Fynbos

Protea Cynaroides is South Africa's national flower. Only found in the Eastern and Western Cape, it is pollinated by the long-tailed Sugarbird and the small Sunbirds that feed on nectar, as well as the Protea Beetle that feeds on the pollen

Yellow pin cushion protea against the mountains

Helmeted guinea fowl, Numida meleagris, resting in the dirt.

Silverboom, Leucodendron Argenteum

Looking down to Cape Town from high up in Kirstenbosch

Flame colours in the shade

Kirstenbosch

A Hadada ibis (Bostrychia hagedash) showing off its iridescent wing feathers.


Kirstenbosch, Cape Town

. . . and another protea

Kirstenbosch, Cape Town

Vibrant protea

Kirstenbosch, Cape Town

This one looks like an exotic heron

Coffee time

'DIY' caffe latte served with muffins. Very sophisticated!

There were lots of these butterflies with half their wings transparent.