Uitdrift is almost completely untouched by human civilization, exceptionally beautiful, with incredible green hills and mountains. The vegetation is remarkably diverse, featuring renosterveld, mountain fynbos, Karoo-veld, spekboom veld, and numerous geophyte species. Most plants flower in spring, but early autumn is the time that many protea species flower, attracting large numbers of sugarbirds and sunbirds.
The Klein Karoo is an excellent area to see many of southern Africa’s endemic bird species, such as Southern Black Korhaan, Cape Peninsula Tit and Rufous-eared Warbler, as well as a host of larks. Raptors are abundant, and range from common species like Pale Chanting Goshawk, Rock Kestrel and Jackal Buzzard to more unusual types such as Lanner Falcon and Black Harrier. More than 130 bird species have been recorded around Uitdrift, notably black, fish and martial eagle, Cape sugarbird and pied kingfisher. The lovely cry of the African Fish Eagle is often the first thing we hear in the morning.
Uitdrift boasts a shy range of browsing antelope, as is the case in arid and hot desert-like regions. At night various species claim back the veld, amongst which owls, porcupines, hares, baboons, dassie etc. During the day, however, tortoises and other reptiles are visible, alongside some meerkat and the odd klipspringer or grysbok. Leopard and caracal also occur in the area, but are seldom seen.