Anysberg Nature Reserve in the Western Cape is a little-known gem southwest of Laingsburg. The park was founded in order to protect the two fragile biomes that meet within its borders (fynbos and succulent Karoo). It is allocated down a lonely gravel track with the rugged Anysberg Mountain sliced like a jam roll on your left.
This is Karoo landscape at its most beguiling. It offers spectacular landscapes, good hiking and varied vegetation. Wildlife in Anysberg Nature Reserve include gemsbok, red hartebeest, Cape mountain zebra and leopard. With the temperature hovering close to 40°C, you should make straight for the reservoir. The park’s animals were also in need of coolth.
If you stroll to the dams near camp at sunset, you’ll encounter large herds of gemsbok and red hartebeest coming to drink, and waterfowl arriving by the squadron. At night, you might hear a chorus of jackals filling the night with their wailing. A river of stars course overhead, so bright you could almost read by their light.
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