Butterflies, anyone?
Butterfly World is a hive of activity over weekends, which is only to be expected if you consider that it's virtually designed with children in mind, or certainly the young at heart.
Butterfly World
But the surprise came, despite our having read up on Butterfly World before heading out, when we entered the covered garden (after muscling our way through the gift shop filled to the brim with butterfly memorabilia, sweets and such like) to discover a tropical paradise filled not only with butterflies but a whole heap of other wonderful animals too — like marmoset monkeys, incredible iguanas, other lizards, huge spiders (good thing that they're in locked glass boxes), scorpions, snakes and a variety of very vocal birds!
The 1 000 square metre greenhouse – the largest butterfly park in South Africa — is a feast for sore eyes. In fact, the butterflies play second fiddle to all the other activity both at knee level (various fish ponds) and eye level (see previous para but add a wonderful selection of foliage, exotic plants and conveniently placed benches for tired moms) ... Continued
Article by: The Team @ SA-Venues
