For close on seven decades, mapmaking legend Peter Slingsby has been under the Cederberg’s spell. In a new book this master storyteller distils his years of exploration, interviews and notes from the field. Cederberg the book is part history, part field guide – a heart-felt tribute to this remarkable corner of the world. If you’ve … Continue reading Cederberg the book: Peter Slingsby’s love for the land→ The post Cederberg the book: Peter Slingsby’s love for the land appeared ...| Tracks4Africa Blog
June 2025 Fantastic Cederberg rock scenery In our previous post, we told you about our camping weekend – and our new camping trailer – at Kromrivier in the Cederberg Mountains (read here). During a…| Wet and Dusty Roads
June 2025 Camping in late Autumn & introducing our Metalian Parthian trailer It is true that we have already written a few posts about a previous camping weekend at Kromrivier in the spectacula…| Wet and Dusty Roads
The genus Protea is one of the most well-known and charismatic of the Cape Floristic Region’s (CFR) Fynbos Biome. The King Protea (Protea cynaroides) is South Africa’s national flower. Proteas are exported as cut flowers all over the world, prized for their beauty, diversity and longevity. They are often depicted in artwork and are popular garden plants. Members of the genus are also known as sugarbushes. [social_warfare] The post Proteas: An Introduction appeared first on Notes from a Ca...| Notes from a Cape Town Botanist