Local area Archives - Cliff Lodge https://clifflodge.co.za/blog/category/local-area/ Ocean Front Retreat Fri, 01 Mar 2019 11:34:22 +0000 en-ZA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://clifflodge.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/cropped-Cliff_Lodge_site_icon-32x32.png Local area Archives - Cliff Lodge https://clifflodge.co.za/blog/category/local-area/ 32 32 Trees for Tourism https://clifflodge.co.za/blog/trees-for-tourism/ Tue, 15 Jan 2019 08:58:15 +0000 https://cliffdev.littlebizdesigns.com/?p=64 Cliff Lodge is a partner in the Trees for Tourism Program, an initiative of the South African Reforestation Trust. Trees for Tourism creates forest eco-systems on behalf of the tourism industry in South Africa to counter-balance the tourism related carbon footprint. The program facilitates the donation by tourists and tourism related companies of indigenous trees ... Read more

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]]> Rock Art on the Cape Whale Coast https://clifflodge.co.za/blog/rock-art-on-the-cape-whale-coast/ Mon, 20 Mar 2017 13:51:14 +0000 https://cliffdev.littlebizdesigns.com/?p=102 Yesterday I visited the recently discovered rock art in a beautiful cave on Phillipskop Mountain Reserve near Stanford.  This has now been declared a Heritage Site as it is the only recorded rock art on the Cape Whale Coast. Although there are many thousands of rock art sites in the Western Cape, the majority of ... Read more

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]]> Exploring Stanford https://clifflodge.co.za/blog/exploring-stanford/ Mon, 28 Oct 2013 14:18:24 +0000 https://cliffdev.littlebizdesigns.com/?p=124 The unrelenting beauty of De Kelders’ coastal wilderness may be a tough act to follow, but a short drive to Stanford Village is an essential destination for anyone exploring this charmed stretch of the Overberg. Where De Kelders natural splendour is nothing but jaw-dropping, Stanford’s easy village life is positively heart-warming. Stanford Village is best ... Read more

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]]> Reasons to visit De Kelders in summer https://clifflodge.co.za/blog/reasons-to-visit-de-kelders-in-summer/ Fri, 18 Oct 2013 12:20:01 +0000 https://cliffdev.littlebizdesigns.com/?p=127 Summer brings with it gorgeous summer weather here in the Overberg region of South Africa. The Fynbos wild flowers are colouring the roadsides and hills with pink, yellow and red and the Cape birdlife is out in force enjoying these beautiful flowers as much as we are. The sunsets over the ocean have been wowing ... Read more

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]]> Heaven at the edge of the ocean https://clifflodge.co.za/blog/heaven-at-the-edge-of-the-ocean/ Fri, 17 May 2013 14:21:34 +0000 https://cliffdev.littlebizdesigns.com/?p=130 Talented blogger and wordsmith, Scarlet Nguni, came to stay at Cliff Lodge recently to experience the wonderful Overberg autumn. Here’s her review: Mist envelopes me as I dip down a hill on the R43 towards Gansbaai. Low hanging cloud swirls like Scottish fog and I’m momentarily disappointed: I was banking on a blazing sun sinking ... Read more

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]]> Reasons to visit De Kelders in Winter https://clifflodge.co.za/blog/reasons-to-visit-de-kelders-in-winter/ Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:25:34 +0000 https://cliffdev.littlebizdesigns.com/?p=133 Winter here is dramatic – most days the sea is wild and the wave watching is superb. This time of year is called the ‘green season’ in the Western Cape because it’s the rainy season, and the Cape Floral Kingdom comes to life. Because of its proximity to the sea, and the warming influence of the ... Read more

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]]> What’s happening along the Gansbaai Coast? https://clifflodge.co.za/blog/whats-happening-along-the-gansbaai-coast/ Thu, 01 Nov 2012 14:26:59 +0000 https://cliffdev.littlebizdesigns.com/?p=136 The wild beautiful ocean along the Gansbaai coast is home to the Marine Big 5 – whales, sharks, African penguins, Cape Fur Seals and dolphins – the perfect place for the ultimate sea-safari! Whale season is from June to December, and September, October and November are the best months to see southern right whales along ... Read more

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]]> Bird Life https://clifflodge.co.za/blog/bird-life/ Tue, 18 Sep 2012 14:49:07 +0000 https://cliffdev.littlebizdesigns.com/?p=156 The Overberg’s lengthy coastal belt, towering Cape Fold Mountains, wide sheltered valleys and remarkable Cape Floral Kingdom support an impressive array of birds, many of them endemic. Africa Birds and Birding, November 2004 The Overberg has more than 330 bird species with at least 20 endemic species. This impressive diversity is due to the variety ... Read more

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]]> Fynbos & the Cape Floral Kingdom https://clifflodge.co.za/blog/fynbos/ Tue, 18 Sep 2012 14:44:45 +0000 https://cliffdev.littlebizdesigns.com/?p=152 Fynbos is a wonder of the natural world. Not content merely to eke out an existence in the unlikeliest of environments – where the landscape is parched in summer and drenched in winter, where soils are nutrient-starved and where fires frequently rage – this unique vegetation is exuberant in its floral diversity. Nowhere else on ... Read more

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]]> Visiting Cape Agulhas https://clifflodge.co.za/blog/cape-agulhas/ Tue, 18 Sep 2012 14:43:51 +0000 https://cliffdev.littlebizdesigns.com/?p=149 Cape Agulhas is the southern tip of the African continent, lying on the Agulhas Plain of the Cape Overberg. The towns of Cape Agulhas include: Arniston / Waenhuiskrans, Struisbaai, L’Agulhas, Napier, Bredasdorp and Elim. Cape Agulhas is located at the very tip of the legendary “Foot of Africa” where the cold Benguela current of the Atlantic ... Read more

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