One of South Africa’s most spectacular annual natural phenomena is underway in the Namaqualand region of the Northern and Western Cape. Generally occurring from August to October, the blossoming of thousands of indigenous flower species lights up an 800-kilometre section along the Namaqualand Flower Route, running from Cape Town, and up the West Coast to Port Nolloth.

Species include daisies, gousblomme, vygies, nemesias, lachenalias, babiana, and ixias, displaying a dazzling variety of colours, including pink, purple, yellow, orange and white.

Along the route, the Namaqua National Park is a hot spot for this incredible display. The park also features the highest concentration of succulent plants in any of the world's arid regions, with more than 1 000 of the estimated 3 500 floral species found nowhere else on earth.

Accommodation options such as Namaqua Flower Beach Camp, which offers camping in fields of the flowers, offers the ideal opportunity to experience the bloom. This year, the camp will only be open from August 11 to September 15.

See photos of the camp below.