S1 - Ep 252 - Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden - At the Foot of Table Mountain!

We couldn’t be in Constantia and not visit Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, it is so close. We decided to walk through and show as much as we could see of the place. It is 538 hectares in size so we weren’t able to cover it all, one would need several visits for that. As I walked in, I didn’t know where to start because each route wanted to be more beautiful than the other. I found a walking path which led me to the Boomslang tree canopy walkway. This was super impressive, the way it wound its way over the top of the trees and the views were mind-blowing. I could’ve spent the whole day there and not seen it all. This is without doubt another one of those places we will have to come back to. #DustBugs #adventuretravel #southafrica #southafricavlog #travelongravel #capetown #westerncape #kirstenbosch #tablemountain
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[@MichaelJones-lh1ug]

Even though I used to live in Cape Town I did not have access to my own transport and so was unable to visit all these amazing places that you are visiting and recording and making available to people like me. I just want to say thank you so very much. I truly appreciate the effort and the work and I pray the Heavenly Father will bless you and keep you as you continue with your adventures.

[@DustBugsTravel]

Thank you for your very kind comment, it's much appreciated! 😊 It is our pleasure to transport you with us to these magnificent places, albeit in our videos. You're always welcome on our virtual backseat and you have quite a few more fantastic places to look forward to! 🚗🌳

[@vonrecht1236]

What fantastic light and what a terrific blue sky! Superb vegetation! Sitting in grey old winter Britain, I want to just pop through the screen and walk along that paradise path...

[@DustBugsTravel]

I wish you could too! Hopefully the sunshine, blue skies and magnificent green gardens of Kirstenbosch could brighten an otherwise grey day in the UK. We appreciate you taking the walk with us, I'm so glad you enjoyed it! 🌳💚

[@flodillon991]

I have always heard of these garden's and now have the privilege to see them, thank you for this opportunity I loved every moment of this. Especially the walkway and views and geese. So restful. I am so glad I could see it.💖

[@DustBugsTravel]

And I'm so glad that you accompanied me on the walk through this special place, albeit virtually. 🌳🌳 The beauty there is endless and it was good to spend so much time so close to nature.

[@micheallewis9156]

What a bonza video,beautiful.The rock formation to the left of Castle Rock,is called The Teddy Bear because of its Shape.Close by another formation called The Skull, also ecause of the shape.Near to the wild almond hedge is Lady Ann Barnard's Bath with a foot bridge crossing over it,surrounded by caycads.It has been many a year since I was in Cepe Town,place of my birth and long overdue for a visit. Reguards from,Michael Jonathan Lewis,Johannesburg.

[@DustBugsTravel]

Thank you, glad to hear you enjoyed this one! 🌳💚 I appreciate all the added info too, all so interesting! Sonia's favourite of course now is The Teddy Bear and she'll make me go back just for that! ⛰️🧸 You clearly know this place so well and methinks too it's time that you visit again to admire this beautiful place and its city!

[@micheallewis9156]

@@DustBugsTravel I was last in Cape Town in 1998 and the place has changed radically from what I see in your videos. What concerns me is all the development creeping up Table Mountain.I would hate to see Cape Town become like the Brazillian and Medeteranian coast line.Cheers from Michael Jonathan Lewis,J H B.

[@SuddenStorm982]

A real Eden. Years ago I went to their nursery and bought a cycad there, the varieties were astounding

[@DustBugsTravel]

You hit the nail on the head! The variety of plants is truly astounding! I'm sure your cycad is still going strong! It is truly a green paradise and an absolute joy to visit! 💚🌱

[@annawitter5161]

A visit to Kirstenbosch is a must. Back in yesteryear, I belonged to the Botanical Society and Would come and spend whole days at Kirstenbosch. Unfortunately people have been feeding the Guinea fowls and Egyptian geese and they tend to get aggressive. Now there are signs up warning people not to feed them. I saw the Boomslang go up. Its awesome to walk there and see into the tree tops and peer into the birds bedrooms! (Squeaky tweety falsetto....) " 'Ere! Whats all this then! Humans sneekin' peeks into our private 'omes! What a nerve! You should of put up them them blinds, Percy!" You are quite right. One should come here for the day, we used to do that with a picnic in the backpack. Blissfull! The conservatories are very interesting dunno if you got to see them. Lovely place to skulk in the winter, as I often did. There are shuttles available for people who arent keen on walking. Thank you for a beautiful visit.

[@DustBugsTravel]

After reading your comment of yesterday and how regularly you visited Kirstenbosch, I knew you must know this place like the back of your hand! 🌳💚 I am never able to understand why people feed wild animals (I include species like monkeys and baboons here) and then blame them for becoming 'aggressive' afterwards when they come looking for those very easy pickings that they've become accustomed to! I luckily didn't see any feeding of the birds at Kirstenbosch and the Egyptian Geese I saw, were fortunately very mild-mannered. Such beautiful birds! 🦆 I felt like I was in Percy and wifey's bedroom as I read your comment! 🐦🐦 I had a peek inside the conservatories, but there were groups of tiny tots on excursions and I opted against filming in there. If I knew about the shuttle, I would've definitely hopped on board, I was huffing and puffing towards the end! Thank you for such personal insight into this incredible place! 👌

[@annawitter5161]

@@DustBugsTravel The guys at the office will give you a timetable for the shuttles. They are good to take and very informative.

[@danielprinsloo2917]

WOW !!!! Thank you

[@DustBugsTravel]

Only a pleasure, I'm so glad you enjoyed! 🌳💚

[@mariusroos4146]

Thank you for this excellent video. A place one can visit and find your sole again! Well done and thanks for the long walk around.

[@DustBugsTravel]

True that! This is definitely a place where one could just go and be. The 'real' world on the outside doesn't seem to exist while one is in this paradise, so definitely a wonderful place to escape to. I'm so glad you enjoyed walking around with me! 🌳💚

[@philyew3617]

Kirstenbosch is incredible, only one other place in South Africa even comes close, and, in my eyes, possibly better, and that's the Drakensberg. The thing I love most about Kirstenbosch is the fact that it's not all manicured like Kew in London, it's nature and it's natural and, it's beautiful. I agree that one day is not enough, I could happily spend a full day just on the canopy walkway. Thanks for this incredible video, which was made even more perfect by not having a continuous commentary. This video is one to just sit back and watch, and dream of being back there.

[@DustBugsTravel]

Glad you enjoyed the walkabout at Kirstenbosch, a truly awe-inspiring place. For us, the wilder, the better! 🌳💚 We have yet to make our way over to the Drakensberg and look forward to that very much! It's been yonks since we were both there and we've never been there together, so I'm expecting our minds to be blown repeatedly. 🤩🗻

[@1812nico]

Hi you two! Blue skies, rocky castle mountains and a complete GREEN forest, wow! Thank you for taking me along on this forest walkabout. It is stunning, informative about plant life and history, and even adventurous. Glad you made it back to Sonia, I was quite lost. I enjoyed your video immensely and will definitely go visit the Kirstenbosch Garden at the first opportunity. Thank you again, you two, for all your work, and - Keep safe!

[@DustBugsTravel]

Yup, all those wonderful and beautiful things nature provides us with, I found in this magical plant kingdom in the middle of a world city! I still can't get over that bit! 🌳💚 I do hope you get the opportunity soon to visit this place, it will be well worth your time. Set aside a day though, you'll need it. And plenty of liquids! 😁 It's always a pleasure having you along wherever we may go, whether it be far away from home or closer to home like here. And whether we're on a remote gravel road in a bare and barren landscape or a green oasis surrounded by an urban environment. We're having the time of our lives seeing all the beauty out there! 🚗😍

[@charlietreston4035]

Hi guys was in kerstenbos 19 years and have told people how amazing it is if I ever had doubts you have backed up everything I said when I lived in joberg I rented a house that had belonged to a professor some of the cactus had to have a permit to be transplanted from the Cape the walks are incredible with the back drop of the mountains crazy music in t background really set's it off the dinosaurs fit right in with the vegetation so tranquil guys you really pulled it off with this video thanks letting me join you cheerio till the next one

[@DustBugsTravel]

I'm glad your thoughts of this incredibly special place were confirmed by our video! 🌳💚 It is simply too gorgeous to believe! Interesting about permits being required for cacti! 🌵 I know there were similar requirements for cycads, but not sure if those are still in place. The dinosaurs are keeping a close eye on them for sure! 🦖🦕 Glad you liked the background tunes too! 😁 It was fun having you walk around with me!

[@manuelbrown4934]

Thank you for the videos. I love South Africa. Greetings from Costa Rica.

[@DustBugsTravel]

We love South Africa too! 😍🇿🇦 Thank you for watching!

[@deonzar]

Thanx for getting all that exercise to show us this beautiful place. And i just love that tree canopy walkway.

[@DustBugsTravel]

Sure! 👌🏻It was fantastic! Despite the fair amount of huffing and puffing towards the end, I felt refreshed somehow having experienced such endless natural beauty up close! 🌳💚

[@sharonmeier7688]

Morning, Thanks for the tour of Kirstenbosch, must be beautiful when most of the flowers are in bloom. !!

[@DustBugsTravel]

You're very welcome, it's a spectacularly beautiful place! 🌳💚 There were lots of very pretty flowers too, but there were groups of little children visiting the gardens too that day and I opted not to film around them. They were mostly inspecting the flowers! 🌹🌺🌸🌼🌻🌷

[@wlets9784]

The garden is magnificent, was there with my daughter a week ago. It's so huge that we needed 2 days to cover it. 💫💫💯

[@franspistorius1886]

Hi Curtis, Thanks for taking us through the lungs of Cape Town. Good to see it again.

[@DustBugsTravel]

It was my absolute pleasure to walk through this place you so aptly call the lungs of Cape Town! 🌳💚 Thank you for joining me on this outing, it was a great experience!p

[@EricLouw-dx5hw]

A decade since I was last in Cape Town (now living in Australia). Lekker to see the Cape again. I think you should also do a tour of Stellenbosch for all your viewers who have never been to the Cape.

[@DustBugsTravel]

Greetings to you in Australia! I'm glad you enjoy seeing all these beautiful places again! We're long back at work again, but we did visit a few more places and you can look forward to those videos in the coming week! I hope you enjoy! 🚗🇿🇦

[@annawitter5161]

Thats a good idea. There is much to see in and around Stellenbosch and Somerset west.

[@sannamagranna6552]

Dankie, dit is die mooiste plek wat ek nog gesien het.

[@DustBugsTravel]

That is great to hear, thank you for taking the walk through all this natural beauty with me! 🌳💚

[@desh7120]

Quite magnificent! I could spend several days there.

[@DustBugsTravel]

Yup, me too! It's absolutely gorgeous! 🌳💚

[@KatiaBeeden]

What a treat!

[@DustBugsTravel]

Happy to hear that you loved a peek into the beautiful Kirstenbosch! 🌳💚

[@volksieza]

Every trip, Kirstenbosch on the cards, but never quite happened! Seeing this, when we down in April, definitely a day trip will happen!! We have the 2nd oldest Botanical Gardens in RSA here in Grahamstown but so neglected, it's sad.

[@DustBugsTravel]

It's definitely well worth a visit and you will love every minute of a day spent in this wonderful place! 🌳💚 It is sad to hear that yours is neglected, it's an important part of the heritage of our country and should be preserved and maintained. That's part of what makes Kirstenbosch so special, the pristine condition of the entire destination.

[@naturalflow157]

Good morning my friend, this is truly beautiful and so soothing to just enjoy and relax in the evening especially. This really helps to bring down all the emotions, anger, or anything that might be to a grounding and present moment experience, exactly what I needed. Thank you for creating and sharing this with us :) wishing you all the best.

[@DustBugsTravel]

Thank you, I'm so glad you enjoyed the walk with me through this magnificent place. 🌳💚

[@jennygrim2057]

Thank you! That was fantastic xxx

[@DustBugsTravel]

Thank you, I'm very happy to hear you enjoyed visiting magical Kirstenbosch with us today! 🌳💚

[@merylkleynhans4039]

Such a beatiful serene place. So glad I could see it through your eyes. Thank you

[@simonemason5352]

Gee whizz I thought I died and went to heaven. Even though there were so many people it was still perfectly fine. It would have been so cool to have your drone Curtis? Imagine? A person could go there quite often and never get bored. Maybe I should build a little shack there somewhere. 🤔 Thanks.

[@DustBugsTravel]

Let me tell you, it felt like heaven! It was simply phenomenal to see so much green everywhere! 🌳💚 It's a no-drone-zone, otherwise I would've loved to fly the drone there sometime. I can only imagine the aerial view of that oasis! Thanks for coming along on the walk!

[@patshes1951]

The gardens are so beautifull and well kept. This must haave been a wonderfull experience.

[@DustBugsTravel]

Agreed! I take my hat off to them for tending to this entire place so well! 🌳💚 It was a pleasure to visit and once again hard to believe that such a place exists in such a big city! I'm so gld you enjoyed the walk with me!

[@seymourcpt]

At least i can say i've visited this awesome place...Try and do Newlands Forest too...Been walking Skeleton Gorge so many times in my high school day...80's

[@DustBugsTravel]

You can indeed! 🌳💚 These outings were all about a month ago and we're long back at work already. We didn't make it to Newlands or the forest this time around.

[@munesumangava9751]

The very first garden of Eden👌👌👌

[@angela58]

Wonderful. However you missed what was previously called Lady Anne Barnard’s bath, the stepping stones and a wonderful tea rooms where they serve excellent bobotie. Appreciate you can’t do it all in a day.

[@DustBugsTravel]

Oh, I missed much, much more than what you listed. It's not about that for me though, it's about the abundance of beauty I was fortunate enough to experience.🌳💚

[@angela58]

@@DustBugsTravel As children we used to ride up there on bicycles and leave them unattended at the superintendent‘s house. Happy Memories. Spectacular scenery.

[@frederikbrits9559]

Pragtig, mooi video Curtis and Sonia

[@DustBugsTravel]

Thank you very much, I'm.so happy to hear that you enjoyed the walkabout at this incredible place! 🌳💚

[@dicksmall7976]

What lovely videos. I used to go to the concerts in Kirtstenbosch on Sunday evenings during the summer.

[@dazd240]

Nice video, the gardens is absolutely beautiful! Thanks for sharing!

[@amanahebrahim8205]

I’m so happy I live in Cape Town🇿🇦 and not America 🇺🇸

[@mmasebongmamoledi8950]

Hi guys. I'm planning to visit Cape Town, no doubt I 'm adding this to my do list. Thanks this video is informative.

[@Cape_Town_7655]

all bords is green

[@DustBugsTravel]

Good observation! 👌🏻 It's only fitting that the boards are as green as their environment! 🌳💚

[@kosievandenberg2145]

Lyk soos die paradys....EDEN

[@DustBugsTravel]

That's a very good description, it truly is a paradise right in our backyards and in a major city! Unbelievable! 🌳💚

[@kosievandenberg2145]

Waar is Sonia. Hoekom loop sy nie saam nie?

[@DustBugsTravel]

I'm not sure if you're new to our channel. Sonia has major knee issues and is unable to walk long distances or navigate uneven surfaces or stairs comfortably. 😣

[@kosievandenberg2145]

So jammer om te hoor. Sy klink altyd so vrolik. Gedink sy is net 'camera shy'.😘dis vir Sonia. Ek is n 78jarige Ouma.

[@ronnykenny3965]

Hi Kurtis & sweet Sonja, What beautiful natural scenery, never been there so thanks for taking me along once again, I am really enjoying our travels 😁 Stay safe

[@susanita9575]

@@DustBugsTravel I was just wondering about the music that sounded so perfect with all the beauty that was around you. Thanks for taking all of us with you

[@DustBugsTravel]

@Susanita I'm glad you enjoyed the music, I also thought it was the perfect piece for this video. 🌳💚 The name of the track is Mer-Ka-Ba by Jesse Gallagher, available on the KZbin Library. 👌🏻🎼