{"id":2619,"date":"2009-09-07T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-07T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/?p=2619"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T21:00:00","slug":"flower-power-lures-ecotourists-to-safricas-most-remote-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/lifestyle\/2009\/09\/07\/flower-power-lures-ecotourists-to-safricas-most-remote-area\/","title":{"rendered":"Flower power lures eco-tourists to SAfrica&#039;s most remote area"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ari-text\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"left_image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/files\/Flowers_272760946.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Flowers_272760946.jpg\" title=\"Flowers blooming on August 10, 2009 on the outskirt of the small town of Nieuwoudtville in the Northern Cape, South Africa\" width=\"380\" height=\"143\" \/><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: georgia,palatino;\">September 7 &#8211; (<span class=\"ari-source ari-source-location\">NIEUWOUDTVILLE, South Africa<\/span><span class=\"ari-source ari-separator\">&#8211;<\/span><span class=\"ari-source ari-source-name\">AFP<\/span>) <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: georgia,palatino;\">Spring has arrived on the remote desert plains of South Africa&#8217;s Northern Cape, bringing a spectacular display of wildflowers and a vital boost to one of the country&#8217;s poorest areas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: georgia,palatino;\">The arid Karoo is capitalising on its unique landscape, luring nature lovers who are seeking out more than the country&#8217;s famed lions, elephants and rhinos.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: georgia,palatino;\">As fears over climate change grow, the region has also seen an influx of tourists who want to witness the spectacle for fear that changing rainfall patterns could one day kill off the flowers in this delicate environment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: georgia,palatino;\">&#8220;We are talking about trillions and trillions and trillions of flowers. We are not sitting on a national treasure but an international treasure,&#8221; says local flower expert Hendrik Van Zijl.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: georgia,palatino;\">A slight wind sees fields of wildflowers dance in unison, an array of colour which, come spring, turns the usually barren landscape into a carpet of what Van Zijl terms the world&#8217;s &#8220;finest area for flowers.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: georgia,palatino;\">Tourism is becoming the lifeblood of the country&#8217;s largest and most sparsely populated province, dominated by the semi-desert Karoo, where five distinct ecological zones lie within striking distance of one another.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: georgia,palatino;\">A drive here goes from hot to cold, from lush to dusty, over just a few kilometres (miles).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: georgia,palatino;\">The region is seen as a &#8220;significant and threatened global centre of plant diversity,&#8221; according to a provincial environmental report.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: georgia,palatino;\">That&#8217;s partly because the region is so remote. The Northern Cape&#8217;s coast is around 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) from the province&#8217;s capital Kimberley, almost as far from the country&#8217;s economic hub Johannesburg.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: georgia,palatino;\">Van Zijl says growing awareness of conservation and climate change have brought in new kinds of tourists.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: georgia,palatino;\">&#8220;Tourists that come here now ask more sophisticated questions. You have no idea what climate change and conservation have done to turn this into an international destination,&#8221; he says.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: georgia,palatino;\">Nearby farm Matjiesfontein claims to have gathered the most varieties of indigenous bulbs, and markets species from this area and their many hybrids around the globe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: georgia,palatino;\">This area was once populated by wild game and the San Bushmen, followed by some of the first European settlers in the country. 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