The Southern Overberg is sometimes called "The Heart of the Cape Floral Kingdom", the smallest but richest of the 6 floral kingdoms in the world.

The beauty of the Cape Floral Kingdom is most strikingly apparent during spring and autumn when most of the protea species show their colourful, big and bulky flower heads. Nevertheless every day of the year there are always several fynbos species flowering.

It is especially the rich bird life from the large Blue Crane, South Africa' s national bird, to the smaller Cape Sugarbird (endemic to the Western Cape), that brings people from far to this area of the Southern Overberg.

In spite of their abundance in the Cape Floral Kingdom, the land-animals are mostly too shy to advertise their presence. The baboons in this area are still naturally wild and keep a safe distance from men, the six species of antelope, the presence whereof has been confirmed in the fynbos reserve, retreat to thick bush during the light of day and the presence of caracals, honey badgers and genets is sometimes established by a quick shadow but mostly on the basis of the very down to earth art of analyzing faeces.