Wild Flowers, Cheetahs and Red Dunes

Overview

Cape Town and the Winelands, north along the West Coast, then east into the red dunes of the Kalahari. Travel in August or September and the road north runs through Namaqualand in flower, with wildflowers to the horizon for a few short weeks after the winter rain. In the Kgalagadi, game drives follow the dry riverbeds to the waterholes, looking for cheetah and the Kalahari's black-maned lions. Evenings end with sundowners on the dunes under night skies with almost no light pollution.

Regions on this route

Coastal

Cape Town & the Winelands

Table Mountain, the Atlantic seaboard and the vineyards of Stellenbosch and Franschhoek within an hour's drive.

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Coastal

The West Coast

Fishing villages, lagoons and, for a few weeks each spring, wildflowers to the horizon.

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Desert

Kalahari

Red dunes, black-maned lions and some of the widest skies in southern Africa.

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