BOTANICAL GARDEN KIRSTENBOSCH by LysDor
It lies on the eastern slopes of Table Mountain. It consists of landscaped gardens of indigenous plants and trees, watered by the Liesbeek River, as well as natural forest that extends up the lower slopes. It is featuring 4 700 of the estimated 20 000 species of indigenous South African flora.
Among the interesting sections here are the Cycad Amphitheatre, which hosts most species of these 'living fossils' found in southern Africa; the famed Protea.
