Somehow the words ‘Cape’ and ‘good weather’ don’t seem to mix – this might be true in the mind, but hardly the reality of what I experienced this year whilst guiding a number of trips across the length and breadth of the Cape.

I’ll let the photos speak for themselves – my guests and I got down low to capture the beautiful detail in the immense diversity of wildflowers. We zoomed out far to get shots of endemic antelope, cavorting whales and the majestic grassland birds like the Blue Crane and the bustards. We froze to snap the elusive elephant shrew going about his business. We sat patiently to be rewarded with some action at a seabird colony and even more patiently to freeze the perfect frame at a waterhole in the Kalahari.

Although photography has not been the driving force behind the trips over the past 3 months, it all our eyes to a myriad of details and allowed us to sit back and marvel at the richness of life right here at the Southern Tip of Africa (even when we do have a few rainy or snowy days!).

Flower fusion – dazzling flowers around every turn in the Biedouw Valley

A classic over-the-shoulder glance on a morning game drive at Bushmans Kloof

One of the many poses to find in a field full of flowers

Intimidating White-breasted Cormorant on the Cape Town coast

Elephant Shrew snapped near its shelter in the Little Karoo

Sandgrouse squadron coming at high speed to a waterhole in the Kalahari

Guests enjoying the diversity and hidden treasures in the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve

A stunning male Cape Rockjumper photographed in the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve not far from Cape Town

Spurfowl and flowers – West Coast National Park

Groot Winterhoek Mountains north of Cape Town