This is part of a series of posts following the LookSouth Road Trip from September 2023. Click here to read Part 1.
On the next leg of the trip we headed for Jacobsbaai – a small settlement situated midway between Vredenburg and Saldanha Bay, about an hour-and-a-half drive from Cape Town along the scenic R27.
Building restrictions have preserved the breathtaking 2kms of coastline, with 7 bays and lime-washed houses against an azure blue sea.
As we discovered Jacobsbaai is well-known for its magnificent display of wild spring flowers. But not to be missed was the West Coast National Park, where to our delight we saw a proliferation of white daisies and other species of flowering plants. The highlight was the Postberg flower reserve section of the park where we saw carpets of spring flowers.
The park is found inside the Cape West Coast Biosphere Reserve. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean on the west and runs from the town of Yzerfontein in the south, up to the Langebaan Lagoon. It’s also a birders paradise.
Another never-to-be-missed visit in the area was to Paternoster – one of the oldest fishing villages on the West Coast with its white-washed fisherman’s cottages. It is known for its lobster and many top restaurants serving the best cuisine – and for Redro fish paste developed by the Sephan family in the 1930s.
Steam train outside Robertson
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