The floral splendour of Golden Gate

There is only one way to truly appreciate the amazing diversity and breathtaking beauty of the flowers that occur in the Golden Gate Highlands National Park, and that is on any or all of the Park’s walking trails. This is a gallery of just some of the fragile blooms we enjoyed while exploring the Park during our December bush holidays.

Floral splendour at Golden Gate Highlands National Park

We’ll be dedicating upcoming installments of de Wets Wild to three of Golden Gate’s easiest walking trails.

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Candy Blackham February 13, 2016 at 9:20 pm

Nice! I have just visited the Golden Gate National Park and will be posting. I will also link to your blog

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1. de Wets Wild Post authorFebruary 15, 2016 at 3:41 am
  
  Welcome, Candy! Golden Gate’s one of our favourite places and we hope you had a brilliant time there?
  
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sonyaliraphotography April 2, 2015 at 8:00 pm

I love wildflowers. Great pictures.

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1. de Wets Wild Post authorApril 3, 2015 at 3:16 am
  
  Thank you very much Sonya!
  
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maamej March 22, 2015 at 12:30 am

Lovely. Some of these are very similar to Australian wild flowers, shared ancestry I guess from when it was all Gondwana.

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1. de Wets Wild Post authorMarch 22, 2015 at 4:06 am
  
  I’m sure you are absolutely correct Maamej!
  
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  1. maamej March 22, 2015 at 9:07 am
    
    maybe 😉
    
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scrapydotwo March 18, 2015 at 9:37 pm

Die klein juweeltjies van die veld is pragtig. Die suurtjies laat my terugdink aan kindertyd toe ons dit geëet het. Dis so suur jy moet jou gesig trek. (hier is hul ook, as hul kans kry maak hul reuse blare en stele om bo plantegroei uit te kom na die lig!)

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1. de Wets Wild Post authorMarch 19, 2015 at 4:53 am
  
  Ek wens ek het die veldplante beter geken, dat ek ook sou kon weet watter mens aan kan proe. Nou bly ek maar aan die veilige kant, sodat ek nie myself vergif nie 😀
  
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  1. scrapydotwo March 19, 2015 at 10:46 am
    
    Snaaks genoeg vroëer het die mense tog maar die wilde plante gebruik vir allerhande dinge. Hul het darem geweet watter is moeilikheid soek en watter nie
    
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  2. de Wets Wild Post authorMarch 19, 2015 at 10:48 am
    
    Stadig maar seker raak daai kennis verlore, regtig jammer
    
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Spokie sny spoor March 18, 2015 at 2:19 pm

Sjoe, die vygies en veldblomme is te pragtig. Ai, die natuur is darm ‘n lafenis vir die siel.

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1. de Wets Wild Post authorMarch 18, 2015 at 3:05 pm
  
  Ongetwyfeld Spokie, en hoe stadiger mens dit vat en hoe fyner jy kyk, des te meer!
  
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  1. Spokie sny spoor March 19, 2015 at 3:25 pm
    
    Ai Dries – daar is ‘n groot geheim vasgevang in hierdie woorde van jou.
    
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sustainabilitea March 17, 2015 at 11:10 pm

So beautiful!

janet

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1. de Wets Wild Post authorMarch 18, 2015 at 3:23 am
  
  Thanks Janet!
  
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rondomtaliedraai March 17, 2015 at 7:20 pm

Pragtig soos gewoonlik

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1. de Wets Wild Post authorMarch 17, 2015 at 7:24 pm
  
  Ai, baie dankie Tina!
  
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anotherday2paradise March 17, 2015 at 4:00 pm

Absolutely gorgeous! 🙂 Thanks for sharing these pics.

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1. de Wets Wild Post authorMarch 17, 2015 at 5:57 pm
  
  Thank you for paying us another visit!
  
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joannesisco March 17, 2015 at 2:04 pm

When I’m walking outdoors in nature’s splendor, it’s so easy to overlook the little unobstrusive flowers. As always, your photos are beautiful and a reminder to occasionally notice the small details 🙂

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1. de Wets Wild Post authorMarch 17, 2015 at 2:55 pm
  
  That’s so true Joanne! When you find yourself in a grand landscape, like Golden Gate, it is so easy to keep marvelling upwards at the majesty that towers over you that the small things at our feet pass unnoticed.
  
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The Rider March 17, 2015 at 8:23 am

Will be going through there on my Bike on Sunday! Good times ahead…

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1. de Wets Wild Post authorMarch 17, 2015 at 9:02 am
  
  Lucky you!
  
  Geniet dit en veilig ry!
  
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montucky March 17, 2015 at 4:54 am

Very pretty! Only a few are similar to anything we have here. I’d love to walk those trails!

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1. de Wets Wild Post authorMarch 17, 2015 at 6:20 am
  
  I’m sure you’d find loads to enjoy while walking at Golden Gate and I hope our posts to follow in the next week will show a small slice of what the Park has to offer!
  
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sedge808 March 17, 2015 at 3:42 am

looks like Spring is in full bloom

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1. de Wets Wild Post authorMarch 17, 2015 at 3:47 am
  
  It was the height of summer Sedge, and sadly autumn is now rapidly closing in here…
  
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Amy March 17, 2015 at 3:34 am

Beautiful, colorful wildflower photos! 🙂

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1. de Wets Wild Post authorMarch 17, 2015 at 3:35 am
  
  Glad to know you found our bright blooms to your liking, Amy!
  
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M-R March 17, 2015 at 1:09 am

Is this actually contemporary, Dries ? Or maybe from a month or two ago ?
It is certainly mind-bogglingly beautiful ! 🙂

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1. de Wets Wild Post authorMarch 17, 2015 at 3:26 am
  
  These are from our trip to Golden Gate around New Year M-R. Golden Gate was our final destination of seven on our three week December holidays; we’ve been sharing highlights of that trip since January.
  
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  1. M-R March 17, 2015 at 6:00 am
    
    You always eke out your holiday photos to make it seem like your lives are one extended period of festivity. [grin]
    
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  2. de Wets Wild Post authorMarch 17, 2015 at 6:17 am
    
    We have to somehow find a way to brighten the weeks in the city, between our bushtrips, M-R 😀
    
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  3. M-R March 17, 2015 at 6:38 am
    
    And you do it damned well ! [grin]
    
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  4. de Wets Wild Post authorMarch 17, 2015 at 6:46 am
    
    Thank you Margaret-Rose!
    
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iAMsafari.com March 17, 2015 at 12:52 am

Very nice post guys; we love the wildflowers and learned to appreciated them as an important part of life in the bush. It’s not always about the ‘hairiest and scariest’ as you mentioned in an earlier post indeed – and with many rich biodiversity hotspots SA has an extremely rich plant life. Looking forward seeing more!

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1. de Wets Wild Post authorMarch 17, 2015 at 3:23 am
  
  Thanks Maurice! We’ve found long ago that taking a “wider” view makes time spent out in nature so much more enriching.
  
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aj vosse March 17, 2015 at 12:15 am

Tog te mooi! 😉

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1. de Wets Wild Post authorMarch 17, 2015 at 3:17 am
  
  Dankie AJ!
  
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