Last weekend we took advantage of some very nice weather and headed to Kirstenbosch Gardens. Kirstenbosch is famous because it is one of the only botanic gardens in the world that plants only local flora. It was beautiful and huge!
We ate at the tearoom and watched the tourists pour into the gardens. If only we had come prepared with a blanket- they pack picnics for you to take anywhere in the gardens. Then we went exploring. There is a section for blind people where all the signs are written and in brail. It is a special section where they put the most aromatic plants and encourage you to rub their leaves together to release their scent. They have tributes to extinct plants, and little streams running throughout the gardens. The gardens are nestled right up to Table Mountain (on the Southern side) so there are great views of the city. I could go on explaining its beauty, but as they say, a picture is worth a thousand words:
Zut! Alors! Kahtay! 