Langebaan Lagoon
Clear turquoise.
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West Coast National Park is a coastal park in South Africa's Western Cape, 88 km north of Cape Town by road. It lies within the Cape West Coast Biosphere Reserve of UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere Programme, bordered by the Atlantic to the west, and runs from the town of Yzerfontein in the south up to the Langebaan Lagoon. The park was proclaimed in 1985 and now covers more than 36,000 hectares. Langebaan Lagoon is a Ramsar wetland of international importance and was declared a marine reserve in 1973, and together with the islands of Saldanha Bay the park is listed by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area. The park is famous for its birdlife and for the spring flowers that carpet the ground in August and September, especially in the Postberg flower reserve, turning the plains orange, yellow and white. The lagoon stretches clear and turquoise between white dunes and low hills, and granite boulders line the Atlantic shore, battered by surf. Visitors drive the park roads between viewpoints and beaches, stopping for birds and flowers, and some swim in the calm lagoon. The best time to come is the flower season in August and September, especially for the Postberg section.
Clear turquoise.
A carpet of colour.
An Important Bird Area.
Between Yzerfontein and Langebaan Lagoon, Western Cape, South Africa
August and September for flowers.
Yes, in the calm lagoon.