African Travel Week Travel & Tourism Awards Winners Announced
The winners of the inaugural African Travel Week Travel & Tourism Awards have been announced, shining a spotlight on exceptional individuals and businesses which have written the most compelling stories in the book of African travel for 2019/20. The Awards celebrate the hi 
This gorgeous Gladiolus stands tall in the landscape with a HUGE flower, so delicate looking, completely exposed and thriving in the heat and the rain, a complete wonder of nature!
To top this off it is Critically endangered. Gladiolus roseovenosus can be seen flowering for a short time this month. So far only very small populations have been fou 
“Life is too short for bad food and bad coffee. Always put a bit of love in your food and I promise you might just change everything a small bit at a time”
~ Chef W. Van Dyk
Food has always played a big part in my family from butcheries to large catering companies and from a young age, having a braai was always much more 
The GCF hosted 350 learners and 15 teachers this last year through its Conservation Kids Program in various day events and overnight camps. Our aim is to expose children, from predominantly underprivileged backgrounds, to active conservation projects within the Western Cape. Groups of Grade 6 and 7 students experienced a full da 
A herd of 20 buffalo and a tower of 10 giraffe were released onto the Reserve this year as well as large numbers of Red Hartebeest, Wildebeest, Impala, and Springbok. We also introduced endangered Cape Mountain Zebra and Sable into our protected endangered species area on the Reserve. The newcomers are settling in nicely and Gondwana 
After many months of preparation our first pioneers have finally set foot on the trail traversing Gondwana’s 11 000 hectare, Big Five Fynbos landscape! The first wilderness trail walkers enjoyed incredible sightings on foot including honey badger, hippo, elephant, giraffe, eland and various antelope. Amazingly, Gondwana’s bi 
Commonly known as the Toothbrush Fern, is a delightful low growing, unusual looking fern which can be found growing on Gondwana Game Reserve amongst our fynbos vegetation. It favours nutrient-poor, acidic soil. Its vivid spring green colour and brush-like shape is definitive and easy to recognise while walking through the veld at this time of yea 
This is an interesting group of plants where there is usually a male and a female plants (referred to as dioecious) looking rather different from each other. They seem to be grazed by game occasionally. Clutia laxa can grow to be a shrub of about 1 meter tall that sprouts after fire. The creamy white flowers are about 5mm in diameter and are larg 
Finally, a view of the little caterpillar that lives within this fascinating construction! The Case moth is said to spend most of its life as a caterpillar. This is the larval stage of the moth that can last up to 2 years in some species. Once the structure is constructed the caterpillars never leave their cases. The moths that emerge from these 
Ursinia nana is a member of the daisy family and is also known by its common name of small yellow Margaret, which is geelmagriet in Afrikaans. This is a gorgeous shrub that flowers prolifically on the reserve. It is drought and wind resistant which allows it to thrive in various areas. When the flower produces fruit, the fruit is carried in the w 
