List of nature reserves in Cape Town
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City of Cape Town
The City of Cape TownCity of Cape Town
The City of Cape Town is the metropolitan municipality which governs the city of Cape Town, South Africa and its suburbs and exurbs. As of 2007, it had a population of 3,497,097....
manages the following nature reserves in Cape Town
Cape Town
Cape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality...
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NORTH REGION
- Mamre Nature GardenMamre Nature GardenMamre Nature Garden is a nature reserve in Cape Town, South Africa, located on the city’s northern outskirts. The reserve has a high degree of biodiversity and preserving the endangered Atlantis Sand Fynbos vegetation type and the plants and animals that live in it...
- Witzands Aquifer Conservation AreaWitzands Aquifer Conservation AreaWitzands Aquifer Nature Reserve is a protected natural area in Cape Town, located on the city’s northern outskirts. This reserve protects an important part of Cape Town’s natural and cultural heritage, including the Atlantis Aquifer.-Biodiversity:...
- Blaauwberg Conservation AreaBlaauwberg Conservation AreaBlaauwberg Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Cape Town, located north of the main city centre. With its impressive views over Table Bay, this is the only viewpoint in the world where one can simultaneously look out over two official World Heritage Sites .Proclaimed as a nature reserve in...
- Diep River and Fynbos Corridor
- Milnerton Racecourse Nature ReserveMilnerton Racecourse Nature Reserve- Location :The Milnerton Racecourse Nature Reserve, formerly also known as Royal Ascot Conservation Area, is situated in Royal Ascot, Cape Town, South Africa...
- Rietvlei Wetland ReserveRietvlei Wetland Reserve- Location :The Rietvlei Wetland Reserve is a 663 hectare nature reserve situated in Milnerton, Cape Town, South Africa. It is managed by the City of Cape Town's Environmental Resource Management Department...
- Zoarvlei WetlandsZoarvlei WetlandsZoarvlei Wetlands is a wetland reserve of about 140 ha in the city of Cape Town.It protects diverse bird life, including a variety of water birds and gulls. The wetland is covered in reeds, with some open water...
SOUTH REGION
- Raapenberg Bird SanctuaryRaapenberg Bird SanctuaryRaapenberg Bird Sanctuary is a protected area in Cape Town, located on the Liesbeek river near the suburb of Observatory.The sanctuary consists of a section of the Liesbeek River, with parkland, trees, lawn and picnic sites...
- Rondebosch CommonRondebosch CommonRondebosch Common is an open common of about in Rondebosch, Cape Town in South Africa. It contains one of the only surviving pockets of the critically endangered “Cape Flats Sand Fynbos” vegetation type, which exists nowhere else in the world...
- Kenilworth Racecourse Conservation AreaKenilworth Racecourse Conservation AreaKenilworth Racecourse Conservation Area is small nature reserve, situated in the centre of Kenilworth Racecourse, in Cape Town, South Africa...
- Rondevlei Nature Reserve
- Zeekoevlei Nature Reserve
- Zandvlei Estuary Nature ReserveZandvlei Estuary Nature ReserveZandvlei Estuary Nature Reserve is a nature reserve and recreational area located in Cape Town, South Africa.Entering the ocean in the suburb of Muizenberg, Zandvlei is the only functioning estuary on Cape Town’s False Bay coast...
- De Hel Nature AreaDe Hel Nature AreaDe Hel Nature Area is a nature reserve protecting a river valley and indigenous forest on the lower eastern slopes of Table Mountain, Cape Town.-Ecology:...
- Meadowridge CommonMeadowridge CommonMeadowridge Common is a tiny reserve in the city of Cape Town, South Africa, which preserves a fragment of critically endangered Cape Flats Sand Fynbos vegetation....
- Die Oog Conservation AreaDie Oog Conservation AreaDie Oog Conservation Area is a tiny nature reserve within the city of Cape Town, South Africa.It is located in the suburb of Bergvliet in the southern portion of Cape Town and includes a lake with an artificial island, a wetland, a garden and a small area of indigenous and endangered Peninsula...
- Lower Silvermine River WetlandsLower Silvermine River WetlandsLower Silvermine Wetlands is a nature reserve on the Cape Peninsula, in Cape Town, South Africa.This reserve protects a section of Hangklip Sand Fynbos as well as the indigenous Cape wetlands of the Silvermine River...
- Glencairn WetlandGlencairn WetlandGlencairn Wetland is a small reserve on the Cape Peninsula, in the southern areas of Cape Town, South Africa.Located next to the suburb of Glencairn, this reserve protects the indigenous Cape wetland of the lower Else River, with its abundance of plant and animal life...
- Edith Stephens Wetland ParkEdith Stephens Wetland ParkEdith Stephens Wetland Park is a nature reserve for wetlands and fynbos, located in the city of Cape Town, South Africa.The park consists of a large seasonal wetland, with surrounding stretches of Cape Flats Sand Fynbos and Cape Flats Dune Strandveld vegetation...
CENTRAL REGION
- Durbanville Nature ReserveDurbanville Nature ReserveDurbanville Nature Reserve is a 6 hectare piece of protected land, located next to the Durbanville Racecourse in Cape Town, South Africa.This small triangular nature reserve is located on the border between two critically endangered vegetation types: Swartland Shale Renosterveld and Cape Flats Sand...
- Tygerberg Nature ReserveTygerberg Nature ReserveTygerberg Nature Reserve is a nature reserve on the Tygerberg Hills, in the northern suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa.This nature reserve one of the few surviving pockets of the highly threatened Swartland Shale Renosterveld vegetation type. The 300 ha reserve has an exceptional number of species...
- Bracken Nature ReserveBracken Nature ReserveBracken Nature Reserve is a 36 hectare piece of protected land in the suburb of Brackenfell in Cape Town, South Africa. This park preserves badly threatened Cape Flats Sand Fynbos and Swartland Granite Renosterveld vegetation. A diverse array of orchids, succulents and flowering bulbs are among the...
- Uitkamp WetlandsUitkamp WetlandsUitkamp Wetland Nature Reserve is a 32 hectare wetland reserve located in the northern suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa.A wetland valley that was proclaimed a nature reserve in 2001, this park lies within a region of Swartland Shale Renosterveld. It protects over 140 species of plants, many of...
EAST REGION
- Wolfgat Nature ReserveWolfgat Nature ReserveWolfgat Nature Reserve is a coastal nature reserve on False Bay in Cape Town, South Africa.This conservation area consists of 248 ha of endangered dune vegetation and majestic limestone cliffs, extending along a portion of the False Bay coastline. The Cape Flats Dune Strandveld vegetation in this...
- Macassar Dunes Conservation AreaMacassar Dunes Conservation AreaMacassar Dunes Conservation Area is a coastal nature reserve in Cape Town, South Africa.-Biodiversity:This conservation area conserves the unique local “Cape Flats Dune Strandveld” vegetation with its dense evergreen thickets, flowers, shrubs and trees...
- Helderberg Nature ReserveHelderberg Nature ReserveHelderberg Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in Cape Town, South Africa.This nature reserve is located on the southern slopes of the Helderberg mountains. Its 398 ha consist mostly of “Kogelberg Sandstone Fynbos” with smaller patches of “Boland Granite Fynbos” and “Southern Afrotemperate Forest”...
- Silwerboomkloof Natural Heritage SiteSilwerboomkloof Natural Heritage SiteSilwerboomkloof Natural Heritage Site is a small, protected valley , near the Helderberg Nature Reserve, in Cape Town, South Africa. The name Silwerboomkloof means “Valley of the Silvertrees”. The rare Silvertree is a striking, silver-coloured tree of the Protea family, and this reserve conserves...
- Lourens River Protected Natural EnvironmentLourens River Protected Natural EnvironmentLourens River Protected Natural Environment is a section of protected land along the Lourens River in Cape Town, South Africa.The Lourens River is about 23 kilometers long, flowing from the Hottentots Holland Mountains into False Bay at Strand. Its upper reaches are relatively undisturbed and are...
- Dick Dent Bird SanctuaryDick Dent Bird SanctuaryDick Dent Bird Sanctuary is a 10 hectare reserve in Cape Town, South Africa.This isolated bird sanctuary is located near the estuary of the Lourens River. It used to be the site of a waste water treatment works but is now protected within the Lourens River Protected Natural Environment...
- Harmony Flats Nature ReserveHarmony Flats Nature ReserveHarmony Flats Nature Reserve is a 9 hectare piece of protected land, located between Strand and Gordon's Bay, South Africa. It protects a surviving fragment of critically endangered “Lourensford Alluvium Fynbos” vegetation....
- Kogelberg Nature ReserveKogelberg Nature ReserveKogelberg Nature Reserve is a large and important nature reserve in the east of Cape Town, South Africa. With about 1600 plant species, it contains a floral diversity per unit area that is greater than anywhere else in the world.-Ecology:...
CapeNature
CapeNatureCapeNature
CapeNature is a governmental organisation responsible for maintaining wilderness areas and public nature reserves in Western Cape Province, South Africa.-West Coast:*Cederberg Wilderness Area...
, the Western Cape provincial conservation authority, manages Driftsands Nature Reserve on the Cape Flats
Cape Flats
The Cape Flats is an expansive, low-lying, flat area situated to the southeast of the central business district of Cape Town. To many people in Cape Town, the area is known simply as 'The Flats'....
, and the eastern part of the Kogelberg Nature Reserve
Kogelberg Nature Reserve
Kogelberg Nature Reserve is a large and important nature reserve in the east of Cape Town, South Africa. With about 1600 plant species, it contains a floral diversity per unit area that is greater than anywhere else in the world.-Ecology:...
. A small area of the Hottentots-Holland Nature Reserve also falls within the city limits of Cape Town.
South African National Parks (SANParks)
South African National ParksSouth African National Parks
South African National Parks is the body responsible for managing South Africa's national parks. SANParks was formed in 1926, and currently manages 20 parks consisting of , about 3% of the total area of South Africa....
(SANParks) manages the following nature reserve in Cape Town
Cape Town
Cape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality...
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- Table Mountain National ParkTable Mountain National ParkTable Mountain National Park, previously known as the Cape Peninsula National Park, is a national park in Cape Town, South Africa, proclaimed on May 29, 1998, for the purpose of protecting the natural environment of the Table Mountain Chain, and in particular the rare fynbos vegetation...
Eskom
EskomEskom
Eskom is a South African electricity public utility, established in 1923 as the Electricity Supply Commission by the government of South Africa in terms of the Electricity Act . It was also known by its Afrikaans name Elektrisiteitsvoorsieningskommissie . The two acronyms were combined in 1986 and...
manages the following nature reserve in Cape Town
Cape Town
Cape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality...
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- Koeberg Private Nature Reserve
University of the Western Cape (UWC)
The University of the Western CapeUniversity of the Western Cape
The University of the Western Cape is a public university located in the Bellville suburb of Cape Town, South Africa. It was established in 1960 by the South African government as a university for Coloured people only...
(UWC
UWC
UWC may refer to:*United World Colleges, an international group of schools*Ulster Workers' Council, a grouping of loyalist and unionist workers in Northern Ireland responsible for the 1974 Ulster Workers' Strike...
) manages the following nature reserve in Cape Town
Cape Town
Cape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality...
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- Cape Flats Nature Reserve