There’s more to Cape Town than expansive skylines and buzzing nightlife. The city also boasts a wide range of reserves and parks. The Mother City sits in the heart of the Cape Floral Region, a global biodiversity hotspot and a World Heritage Site.
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As part of Earth Day celebrations on 22 April and as an opportunity to admire Cape Town’s natural beauty, citizens can enjoy a free visit to any of the city’s nature reserves this day.
This year’s Earth Day – a global movement advocating for environmental conservation – aims to hold citizens, businesses and governments accountable for combating climate change.
‘Go out and appreciate these precious nature reserves this Earth Day, 22 April 2022 at no cost. We would like residents to take some time out on Friday to visit their local nature reserve,’ said Deputy Mayor Alderman Eddie Andrews.
‘The natural beauty and peace one finds at these well-preserved nature reserves is something I would like everyone to experience. So find your most preferred or closest spot and enjoy all that our natural environment has to offer.’
Here is a list of the nature reserves you can visit for free:
- Witzands Aquifer Nature Reserve
- Blaauwberg Nature Reserve
- Table Bay Nature Reserve (includes Diep River Fynbos Corridor, Zoarvlei Wetlands, Milnerton Racecourse)
- Zandvlei Estuary Nature Reserve
- False Bay Nature Reserve (includes Rondevlei and Zeeköevlei)
- Edith Stephens Nature Reserve
- Durbanville Nature Reserve (includes Uitkamp Wetlands)
- Tygerberg Nature Reserve
- Bothasig Fynbos Nature Reserve
- Bracken Nature Reserve
- Wolfgat Nature Reserve
- Helderberg Nature Reserve (includes Silwerboomkloof)
- Harmony Flats Nature Reserve
- Dick Dent Bird Sanctuary
- De Hel Nature Area
- Meadowridge Common
- Die Oog Conservation Area
- Lower Silvermine Wetlands
- Glencairn Wetland
- Raapenberg Bird Sanctuary
- Rondebosch Common
For more information on Cape Town’s nature reserves, click here.
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