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Conservation
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KwaZulu-Natal Sharks Board
The KwaZulu-Natal Sharks Board – the only organisation of its kind in the world – has protected the province’s bathers from shark attacks for more than 40 years. more
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BirdLife South Africa
Whether you’re a twitcher, a serious birder, a beginner, or if you just love birds, then BirdLife South Africa should be your first stop. more
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Bontebok and blesbok
Bontebok and blesbok are antelope found only in South Africa. They both wobbled on the edge of extinction, but now numbers are up and they are thriving. more
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Grey rhebok
Grey rhebok, endemic to South Africa, are found in the high grasslands of the country. You’ll need to be both observant and lucky because they aren’t easy to spot. more
More about Conservation
/Ai /Ais-Richtersveld Transfrontier Park
The /Ai /Ais-Richtersveld Transfrontier Park is home to the Nama people, rare desert mammals and reptiles, as well as thousands of rare plants that flourish in this unique landscape. more
African penguins on Dyer Island
A cunning way has been found to help the penguins of Dyer Island to breed successfully. Your help is needed with their housing crisis. more
Top 10
Botanical gardens
1Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, Western Cape
Part of the Cape Floral Kingdom World Heritage site, this world-renowned garden grows only indigenous South African plants and is one of 18 biodiversity hotspots on the planet.
2Free State National Botanical Garden, Free State
Just outside Bloemfontein, the botanical garden consists of woodlands and grasslands dominated by wild olive and karee trees.
3Harold Porter Botanical Garden, Western Cape
This garden is found in Betty’s Bay in the very heart of the Cape’s fynbos region, some 100 km from Cape Town.
4Karoo Desert National Botanical Garden, Western Cape
This garden in the town of Worcester is unique as it is the only truly succulent garden on the African continent.
5KwaZulu-Natal National Botanical Garden, Pietermaritzburg
This garden specialises in the conservation of plants from the eastern grasslands region of South Africa. Take a walk down Plane tree avenue, planted in 1908.
6Lowveld National Botanical Garden, Mpumalanga
Explore various types of African Rain Forests, and see 600 of South Africa’s 1000 tree species in this lovely garden situated in Nelspruit, not too far from the Kruger National Park
7Nieuwoudtville National Botanical Garden, Northern Cape
Described as the ‘bulb capital of the world’, this 6300 km garden on the Bokkeveld plateau is a biodiversity hotspot, and conserves endemic and threatened species.
8Pretoria National Botanical Garden, Gauteng
Close to the city centre, this botanical garden, founded in 1946, offers a glimpse into a variety of indigenous biomes - savannah, forest and fynbos. There is a special collection of medicinal plants and the birdlife is fantastic.
9Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden, Gauteng
Set against the backdrop of a magnificent waterfall, this garden is known for its musical concerts, walks, succulent plants and its pair of nesting Verreaux eagles.
10Botanic Gardens, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal
These are the longest surviving botanic gardens in the country. Visit the orchid, cycad and bromeliad house, and there is a trail for sight-impaired visitors.
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Nature tours in South Africa opens your eyes.
Caracal at Tenikwa, Garden Route
Polokwane Game Reserve game viewing and birding.
Kruger2Canyons Biosphere Reserve stretches to the Blyde River Canyon, third largest in the world.
The Apartheid Museum examines the dark side of history.
Bushbabies Monkey Sanctuary for free-roaming primates.
