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Whale Watching at De Hoop

by Nicol Grobler Aug 16, 2016

by Nicol Grobler Aug 16, 2016

De Hoop Nature Reserve is one of the best places in the world for land-based whale watching, particularly for southern right whales in September…
One Giant Leap

by Country Life Team Aug 20, 2014

by Country Life Team Aug 20, 2014

As Keri Harvey discovers, not much beats watching these leviathans heave themselves out of the deep. One theory why whales breach, is just for fun.

5 days ago by sacountrylife This #ThrowbackThursday we’re looking back on the 2016 @darlingwildflowers Show with Marion Whitehead… “Darling is a botanical hotspot where renosterveld, rietveld, sandveld and strandveld intersect, providing a wealth of floral biodiversity within the Cape West Coast Biosphere Reserve. It’s an integral part of the unique Cape Floral Kingdom and boasts more than 1 200 species of flowering plants, including about 80 endemics. The show has been held virtually every year since 1917, with a couple of exceptions during war years, and the time when a fierce Berg wind withered the blooms on picking day. Generations of families have been involved…
22 hours ago by sacountrylife Ready to launch into the week like...⁠ #MondayMotivation ⁠ ⁠ Thank you to Geo Jooste for this winning entry of a shikra bird in our August 2019 Image Club competition. Here's what our Image Club judge @dale_r_morris had to say...⁠ ⁠ Geo took this photograph from a bird hide at Indlovu River Lodge in Hoedspruit in the early morning. If only the image capture had been made with this raptor’s wings spread, it would have been a magnificent image. As it is, it’s still a great photo. There are a number of aspects in this image that make it a winner.…
1 week ago by sacountrylife Happy World Lion Day! Thank you to Jenny Smithies for sending in this stunning entry for our monthly Image Club competition. Here’s what our Image Club judge Dale Morris had to say... “I like the way Jenny has focused on the semi-abstract with this photo taken in Addo Elephant National Park. Instead of going for a standard portrait of what was, no doubt, a handsome lion, she opted for an image about form and shape. At once recognisable as a lion, it is also quite unusual and therefore eye-catching. A pity she didn’t use a larger depth of field, as…
4 weeks ago by sacountrylife We've got our Monday game face on. We hope you do too. #MondayMotivation ⁠ ⁠ Thanks to Michael Cunningham for this stunning entry in our July 2019 Image Club competition. Here's what our Image Club judge Julia Lloyd had to say...⁠ ⁠ "Oh, you absolute beauty. What a stunning portrait of a cheetah, taken at Kragga Kamma Game Park in the Eastern Cape. And, unusually, using a standard lens, so the cheetah must have been pretty close to Michael. With his aperture at f/2, Michael had to be spot on with his focus, which he was. It’s pin-sharp on the face,…
1 month ago by sacountrylife Looking for something to do this weekend in Stellenbosch? How about a walk around the Dylan Lewis Sculpture Garden? Here's what Fiona McIntosh had to say about it...⁠ ⁠ "As I gaze across magnificent fynbos to rugged mountains, I’m reminded of how beautiful – and wild – the Cape Winelands are. Well-tended vineyards, orchards and elegant country homes push up against mountain wilderness where eagles soar and leopards still roam.⁠ It’s the week of the Stellenbosch Woordfees and Dylan Lewis, widely recognised as one of the world’s foremost sculptors of the animal form, is taking small groups on a tour…
4 days ago by sacountrylife We have your weekend reading sorted with our September issue. Here are 12 reasons you need a copy… 1. We put the spotlight on De Rust, our cover star this month, and get to know this authentic Klein Karoo village with Chris Marais of @karoospace . 2. We get to know the Mountain Kingdom of Lesotho by horseback with @dale_r_morris . 3. We head to the !Khwa ttu San Heritage Centre with Fiona McIntosh and @shaenadey . 4. We join @obieoberholzer on a journey down memory lane as he stops into two hotels and an inn. 5. Julienne du Toit gets into the…

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