Botanical Garden just outside Nieuwoudtville in the Northern Cape, South Africa
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Bulbinella elegans in the Hantam National Botanical Garden
Situated just outside Nieuwoudtville, the Hantam National Botanical Garden is the youngest of South Africa's nine National Botanical Gardens and the first National Botanical Garden in the Northern Cape, South Africa.
The park is 5 km southeast of the town, along the Oorlogskoof trail. The winter rains on the Bokkevelt Plateau lead to massive blooms from August to the middle of October. 1,350 plant species are recorded here. The garden has many bulbs and the geology includes formations in dolerite outcroppings. Many birds come here, such as blue cranes and secretarybirds, as do Cape foxes, baboons, steenboks, porcupines.
It is the only national botanical garden in the Northern Cape and covers 6,200 ha, mostly covered with renosterveld. Nine hiking trails run through the park.
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