Butterfly World
Every week thousands of butterfly pupae are flown around the world to butterfly parks. On my birthday, (a wet, blustery day in July) I asked my mother to bring her hiking boots and join us on a Boland adventure in Paarl. Being a very kind and goodnatured mother, she obliged. I think she was secretly hoping that my birthday 'treat' was not going to be a miserable climb in the rain up the barren outcrop of rocks nearby known as Paarl Rocks. Possibly not the most ideal 'treat', with a 4 week old baby, three year old and retired Mum. Needless to say it was a great relief, and pleasant surprise for her when the decoy hiking boots weren't required, and we instead walked into a tropical paradise of butterflies. Butterfly World in Paarl South Africa is the largest free flying park for butterflies in Southern Africa. Visitors move freely between the butterflies, parots and other interesting animals. Infact it was such an impressive experience that my husband and I took our t