Our Conservation Research Team came across this impressive little creature while out in the urban streets of Gansbaai, the Cochlitoma zebra, a giant land snail that’s native to South Africa.
With its bold stripes, it’s easy to see where it gets its name. Nature sure knows how to do fashion!
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.
