If You're NearbyNatureFlowersLagoons

West Coast National Park

A turquoise lagoon and granite coast north of Cape Town, where the Postberg hills burst into carpets of spring flowers in August and September.

Photo: Raita Futo from Tokyo, Japan · CC BY 2.0
Best Time to Go
Aug–Oct
In Season
Wildflowers, Aug–Sep
Our full guide to West Coast National Park is being written. It's on the Cape Town and the Garden Route list as If You're Nearby.

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