Namaqua National Park: Rather late than usual flower season 2022!

South African National Parks (SANParks) has announced that the flower season in the Namaqua National Park in South Africa's Northern Cape is about to begin. It is expected that the brightly coloured wildflowers will start to peak from middle August 2022 and hopefully until the end of September 2022 or even into October 2022 as all indications are there that it will be a rather later than usual flower season. The flowers can be viewed at different routes inside Namaqua National Park including the very popular Caracal route to Kookfontein, the coastal route in the direction of the Hondeklip Bay gate and the 4x4 Kurubees area.

Namaqua National Park is located approximately 500km north of Cape Town and 21km west of
Kamieskroon, which is 67km south of Springbok. The National Park covers an area of more than 1300 km². The Namaqua National Park is part of Namaqualand, an area covering 55,000 km² located within the semi-desert Succulent Karoo biome. This biome is a biodiversity hotspot with the largest concentration of succulent plants in the world.