HANTAM National Botanical Garden, Nieuwoudtville, Northern Cape
"A garden paradise centred in the bulb capital of the world!"
The garden is situated on the Bokkeveld Plateau, outside the town Nieuwoudtville - a place of hidden treasures n the Northern Cape.
Nieuwoudtville has a rich diversity and density of bulbs, making it a botanical hotspot of global significance and earning it the name 'bulb capital of the world'.
Garden Features:
- Garden office
- Biodiversity library
- Picnic area
- Walks and trails
- Guided tours (booking is essential)
So much to see!
Rare and interesting species: long-tongued flies on Babiana and Lapeirousia, the elegant and striking Black Harrier and McGregor's Blue butterfly.
Pollinators galore: many species of bees, flies, beetles, moths and butterflies, as well as birds and rodents are involved in pollination.
How to enjoy the garden:
- enjoy this beautiful wild flower garden and protect our natural heritage
- learn more about plants and their pollinators, and animals
- bring your binoculars
- take only photographs and leave ony footprints
- kill nothing but time
- watch birds and spot wild animals like the steenbok, bat-eared fox and Cape porcupine
- walk, cycle, jog or just sit and relax
- explore wild secrets under endless skies and the diversity of all life forms
Operational Hours:
All year
Mon-Fri: 07h30 - 16h30
except Aug-Oct
(flower season)
Mon-Sun: 08h00 - 17h00
Hantam serves as an ecological research area that monitors shifts in Succulent Karoo vegetation in response to climate change.
