Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens

Beautiful green lawns stretch across this land with the magnificent view of the Eastern slopes of Cape Town’s Table Mountain. Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens is ranked as one of the most beautiful botanic gardens in South Africa. Don’t miss this one whilst visiting Cape Town.

Kirstenbisch Botanical Gardens

Fun facts about Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens:

• On every Sunday afternoon from the end of November until the beginning of April, open-air music concerts take place at Kirstenbosch.
• Kirstenbosch offers guided club car tours of the garden every day.
• As an alternative to eating at one of Kirstenbosch’s restaurants, one can also buy a picnic basket from Silvertree Restaurant or the Kirstenbosch Tea Room and have a picnic in the Garden.
• Kirstenbosch offers wonderful hiking trails up Table Mountain
• Kirstenbosch’s New Year’s Eve concert is one of the biggest events in Cape Town on 31 December.

World Ocean Day

Today is World Ocean Day, the theme for this year is Youth: the Next Wave for Change. 

Source: blueplanetgreenliving.com

 

 

I found this video on the official World Ocean Day website, I think its rather cute. Have a look to see what this day is all about: http://worldoceansday.org/.

I thought it would be fun to add some little facts about the Ocean, its really interesting. Try wrap your mind around this:

> Approximately 71% of the planet's surface is Ocean and Seas. 

> It is the habitat of 230,000 species known to science.

> The largest ocean on Earth is the Pacific Ocean, it covers around 30% of the Earth’s surface.

>The Pacific Ocean is surrounded by the Pacific Ring of Fire, a large number of active volcanoes.

Pretty awesome!!