Flowering Tips
Here are some tips for viewing flowers on the West Coast
- The best time to view flowers are from 11h00 to 15h00
- Always have your back to the sun. The flowers follow the sun. If the sun is in your eyes just look around. Sometimes you do not see any flowers but when you look around there are plenty of flowers.
- The wildflowers are best when it is a sunny day. Many flowers won’t open on cloudy days.
- Get out of your car and walk around (where permitted). You will see a much wider variety of flowers.
- When you walk around, do not step on the flowers.
- Windless days are best for photographing flowers.
- Relax and take a picnic basket with you.
- Get a flower guide, it is much more fun to identify the flowers so that you know which ones you are looking at.
- Do not pick wild flowers, there is a R1,000 fine for picking wild flowers.
You can call the following numbers to find out how the flowers are:
- West Coast National Park – 022-772-2799
- Darling Information Centre – 022-492-3361
- Hopefield Tourism – 022-723-1720
- Nieuwoudtville Information Centre – 027-218-1336
- Clanwilliam Information Centre – 027-482-2024