Where to see the White Pear in South Africa

Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the White Pear at stays in or beside Table Mountain National Park, Tsitsikamma National Park, Welgevonden Game Reserve, Garden Route National Park, Harold Johnson Nature Reserve and uMlalazi Nature Reserve and other reserves. A record means a host has seen it on the property or nearby, which makes these the places to base yourself; it is never a guarantee of a sighting on any given day.

The White Pear is most recorded in KwaZulu-Natal (36% of records), Eastern Cape (24% of records), Western Cape (19% of records), based on 2,046 iNaturalist observations. 10 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the White Pear on site or nearby.

The White Pear is recorded throughout the year, so no month is the wrong month to look for it. For the parks where hosts record it most, these are the best seasons they give. Table Mountain National Park: Sep-Apr, flowers Aug-Oct; Tsitsikamma National Park: Apr-Sep; Welgevonden Game Reserve: May-Sep, dry season; Garden Route National Park: Sep-Apr, flowers Aug-Oct. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.

Apodytes dimidiata (white pear or umDakane) is a bushy tree with white flowers bearing a fragrance reminiscent of fresh coconut, and small black and red fruits. It is usually about 5 m tall (but reaches a height of 20 m when growing in deep forest), and it is indigenous to Southern Africa.