Under the Microscope - A Father’s Day Look ...
This past Father’s Day, we took a moment to appreciate one of nature’s most devoted dads..
What might look like a tray of chocolate frogs is actually a pair of Endangered Cape Platannas! These fascinating amphibians are smaller and more pointed than their cousin, the Common Platanna. They inhabit fynbos wetlands from the Cape Peninsula to Cape Agulhas.
Our dedicated conservation and research team has recently made an exciting discovery - good numbers of Cape Platannas at the eastern end of a green corridor near Agulhas. This area is revealing some intriguing pattern variations, adding to our understanding of this elusive species.
Grootbos Foundation is a registered non-profit organisation in Gansbaai committed to conserving the Cape Floral Kingdom and uplifting the communities that reside within it. The foundation protects more than 22,200ha of fynbos landscape and biodiversity on Grootbos Private Nature Reserve and the Walk...
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Uncover the Cape Floral Kingdom through Leon Kluge’s Gold-Award-winning flower show display and the Grootbos Florilegium.
Winter in the Cape means one thing - mushroom season!
Did you know Grootbos Foundation has a curated insect collection of over 60,000 pinned specimens?
Camera traps take photographs of secret animals as they go about their private lives.
Winter in the Cape, with its cooler temperatures and steady rainfall, offers the perfect climate for spores to germinate.