South Africa has a wide variety of natural habitat, from bush to forests, sandy desert and floreal paradises, with enormous range of wildlife, including the “Big Five”
( lion, leopard, elephant, rhino and buffalo), pangolin, caracal, hirax, whales, penguin, seals, over 900 classified species of birds , 6000 different spiders and more than 100 varieties of snakes. South Africa has the world’s richiest floral kingdom, with 23 000 different “fynbos” plants, making it the richiest zone on earth in terms of endemic species to area. All that makes South Africa a very important example for biodiversity. |