National Botanical Garden Harold Porter


"Harold Porter" is one of the nine national botanic gardens in South Africa . It is broken a hundred kilometers from Cape Town , the second largest city on the continent.

The Botanical Garden occupies a very interesting location, between the sea and the mountains, on the grounds of the Kogelberg Nature Reserve.

It should be noted that "Harold Porter" is the first biosphere park created in the local places, besides, it is still the only biosphere park that has no analogues in all of South Africa.

The areas that occupy the national botanical garden are impressive. For example, it is known that cultivated orchards are spread on 11 hectares, and almost 200 hectares of land are occupied by feynbos - one of the local shrubs. In addition to shrubs, many plants grow in Harold Porter. Such a diversity of representatives of the flora, you probably will not be able to see in any of the botanical gardens of the planet.

What's interesting about Harold Porter?

The vast territory of the national botanical garden has a different landscape, here you will meet gentle slopes of low mountains, caves, deep gorges. The vegetation of the park is represented by mountain forests in Africa, wetlands, coastal dunes and bushes - feynbos.

The animal world "Harold Porter" is no less rich than vegetable. According to observations of scientists in the garden, there are about 60 species of birds, among them disappearing Sugarbird and Sunbird. If we talk about larger inhabitants, then more often others were seen porcupines, genetes, mongooses, otters, baboons. If lucky, you can admire the leopards, who also meet in the garden.

Interesting innovation

A convenient innovation of the national botanical garden "Harold Porter" can be called explanatory boards. They are found everywhere and are available about the flora and fauna of the garden. If you decide on a self-guided tour, pay special attention to them.

Helpful information

The Botanical Garden is open every day from 08.00 hours to 16. 16. A fee is charged for the visit. Tickets can be purchased at the ticket office, which operates until 14. 00 hours. The cost of one is 30 rand.

To get to the "Porter" you can take a taxi, it's fast and convenient. In addition, you can rent a car and follow the signs for the R44 "Clarence Drive", which will take you to the right place.