One of the spectacles in Africa is the flowering of a 600-mile strip of coastal desert in Namaqualand. Once a year it becomes carpeted with blooms, in a similar way to the phenomenon of Flowered Desert in Chile. Plants compete to attract their pollinators with colour, as the water is scarce and the show will not last long.
The sole issue is predicting the best time to be in Namaqualand, as the flowers bursts into life depending on rains.
These lands have a high concentrations of succulent plants, the ones that are thicker and fatter to retain water, like cactus.
Even the hills are literally paved in blooms.
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