Year in the Wild Blog

The coast at Kogelberg

I was supposed to spend a few weeks at Kogelberg Nature Reserve in December, but will only get there in July, once the reserve's new accommodation is ready. I can't wait, because the Kogelberg is one of the world's most famous nature reserves. Here's why: it hosts the greatest diversity of plant species per hectare on earth. Of course, it's almost impossible to prove this
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Welcome to Year in the Wild

Hi! And welcome! This is the first blog post for my Year in the Wild website. The wild, pristine places will work their magic on me for sure.

I’m writing this while sitting in Kalk Bay at the bottom of the African continent in Cape Town, South Africa, and the Atlantic Ocean is in front of me. I can see a huge pod of dolphins feeding on a school of fish in the middle of the bay, and thousands of seagulls are hovering above them, waiting to dive on a morsel. It’s made me think of all the
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