Adderley Street Flower Seller by Greg Lumley

Freshly cut flowers  includ­ing indi­gen­ous and our national flower, the pro­tea, are avail­able from the col­our­ful flower sellers in Adderley Street, Cape Town, from where they hav­ing been oper­at­ing for the past 100 years. The Adderley Street flower sellers and their beau­tii­ful wares are loc­ated in the mar­ket place in Cape Town’s main thor­ough­fare, between Strand Street and Darling Street ... Continued

Table Mountain by Greg Lumley

Table Mountain pho­to­graphs by pop­u­lar Cape Town wed­ding pho­to­grapher, Greg Lumley. Table Mountain has made it into the final round of the New 7 Wonders of Nature con­test — so may we take this oppor­tun­ity to remind you to vote! Continued

Mom & Baby Rhino Photos

These beau­ti­ful pho­to­graphs of the White Rhino Mom and Baby were taken in the Entabeni Game Reserve in Limpopo, South Africa. The white rhino's name derives from the Dutch "weit," mean­ing wide, a ref­er­ence to its wide, square muzzle adap­ted for graz­ing. The white rhino, which is actu­ally grey, has a pro­nounced hump on the neck and a long face ... Continued

Giraffe silhouette photograph

A beau­ti­ful pho­to­graph of a gir­affe with beau­ti­ful sun­set. The Giraffe is unknown out­side of Africa and early writ­ten records described the gir­affe as "mag­ni­fi­cent in appear­ance, bizarre in form, unique in gait, colossal in height and inof­fens­ive in char­ac­ter." Continued

Wild Dog by Dave Estment

Our Photo of the Day is this mag­ni­fi­cent por­trait of a wild dog by renowned pho­to­grapher, Dave Estment. Very rarely seen in its nat­ural hab­itat today, the wild dog (Lycaon Pictus) is one of south­ern Africa's most highly endangered mam­mal spe­cies. In the sub-region of the con­tin­ent it used to be more wide­spread, but today is found only in the national parks and other game areas. Continued

Chacma Baboon — Photograph

As a fol­low up to Dave Rattle's art­icle on the Baboons "Bum's The Word" which we pub­lished here recently, I thought I would share this great pho­to­graph of a baboon — He is a Chacma Baboon. Chacma Baboons are the largest of the baboons — they have dark yellowish-grey to dark brown and almost black fur. Their faces are black with white hair below the eyes and on the muzzle. Continued

De Hoop Nature Reserve Photo

These two pho­to­graphs are part of a series taken in the De Hoop Nature Reserve in the Western Cape whilst on a 5 day hik­ing trail, the pop­u­lar Whale Trail (see yes­ter­days art­icle, The Whale Trail). To view more pho­to­graphs from this series see De Hoop Nature Reserve Photographs. Continued

Hans Merensky Nature Reserve Photo

This pho­to­graph taken in the Hans Merensky Nature Reserve was sent to us by Ester Van Dyk. The Hans Merensky Nature Reserve lies just west of the Kruger National Park and not far from Tzaneen. The main draw card to this beau­ti­ful reserve is the fact that you can walk most of it on foot ... Continued

Sun City Waterfall Photograph

A great pho­to­graph sent to us from Hungary of a water­fall in Sun City, in the North West Province. The Sun City resort offers glam­or­ous casi­nos, gour­met res­taur­ants, extens­ive sports facil­it­ies and star stud­ded spec­tac­u­lars. The full vari­ety of enter­tain­ment on offer ranges from slots to safaris; the theatre extra­vag­anza to a games arcade for chil­dren; horse rid­ing to golf; the Valley of Waves to The Lost City ... whatever it is you're look­ing for, you'll find it at Sun City! Continued

Jubilee Creek in Knysna

This inter­est­ing (and gor­geous) pho­to­graph was taken by Carmen Goodrich at Jubilee Creek in Knysna in the Garden Route. Jubilee Creek lies within the Knysna Forest and is the per­fect spot for a romantic pic­nic ... Continued

Double Collared Sunbird Photo

This mag­ni­fi­cent pho­to­graph of the Double Collared Sunbird was sent to us by Diane Morrison (who also sub­mit­ted the spec­tac­u­lar photo of the Knysna Loerie). South Africa ranks as one of the top bird­ing des­tin­a­tions in the world and its not dif­fi­cult to see why when we see pho­tos like this. Continued

Winner July 2009 Photographers Competition

We asked trav­el­lers to sub­mit their favour­ite photo of South Africa in July 2009. With over 130 pho­to­graphs sub­mit­ted (and many more which unfor­tu­nately couldn't be con­sidered as they did not meet the size require­ment), it was a tough job pick­ing a winner!

Congratulations to Franciska Pile (SA) for her win­ning entry. This pho­to­graph will be fea­tured on our elec­tronic news­let­ter which will go out at the end of the month (and cred­ited to Franciska). Continued

Waterbuck Twins — Photograph

This pho­to­graph of the Water Buck twins was sent to us by Madelein Calligeris. Madelein took this gor­geous shot in the Big 5, Karongwe Game Reserve near Hoedspruit in Limpopo. According to the Wikipedia entry, Waterbuck stand 100 to 130 cm at the shoulder and weigh from 160 to 240  kg ... Continued

Ground Hornbill Photo

A great pho­to­graph of a Southern Ground Hornbill taken at the Kruger National Park was sent to us by Lindsay Wedel. The Southern Ground Hornbill or “Lehututu” as it is loc­ally called, may not be around for much longer. These huge black birds with their dis­tinct­ive beaks and bright red wattles are part of the horn­bill fam­ily that occurs nat­ur­ally only in Africa and Asia. However, horn­bill num­bers are declin­ing due to loss of hab­itat ... Continued

Restless Cheetah by Dave Estment

Todays superb pho­to­graph was taken in the Lion and Rhino Nature Reserve by wild­life pho­to­grapher, Dave Estment and sub­mit­ted to us by his wife, Naomi. (See http://naomiestment.wordpress.com/ for more of Dave's pho­to­graphs). The world’s fast­est land animal the Cheetah is the most unique and spe­cial­ized mem­ber of the cat fam­ily ... Continued