List of nature reserves in Cape Town

The City of Cape Town, South Africa has numerous nature reserves within the city limits.

City of Cape Town

The City of Cape Town manages the following nature reserves in the Cape Town metropolitan area:^[1]

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North region

• Mamre Nature Garden – Nature reserve in Cape Town, South Africa
• Witzands Aquifer Conservation Area – Protected natural area in Cape Town, South Africa
• Blaauwberg Conservation Area – Nature reserve in Cape Town, South Africa
• Diep River Fynbos Corridor – Nature reserve in South Africa
• Milnerton Racecourse Nature Reserve – Lowland conservation area in the City of Cape Town, South Africa
• Rietvlei Wetland Reserve – Nature reserve in Table View, Western Cape, South Africa.
• Zoarvlei Wetlands – Wetland reserve of about in the city of Cape Town, South Africa

South region

• Raapenberg Bird Sanctuary – Protected area in Cape Town, on the Liesbeek river
• Rondebosch Common – Conservation area in Cape Town
• Kenilworth Racecourse Conservation Area – Nature reserve in Cape Town, South Africa
• Rondevlei Nature Reserve – Protected wetlands in Cape Town, South Africa
• Zeekoevlei Nature Reserve – Freshwater lake on the Cape Flats in Cape TownPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Zandvlei Estuary Nature Reserve – Nature reserve and recreational area in Muizenberg, South Africa
• De Hel Nature Area – Nature reserve by Cape Town, South Africa
• Meadowridge Common – Reserve in Cape Town, South Africa
• Die Oog Conservation Area – Nature reserve in Cape Town, South Africa
• Lower Silvermine River Wetlands – Nature reserve on the Cape Peninsula, in Cape Town, South Africa
• Glencairn Wetland – Nature reserve in South Africa
• Edith Stephens Wetland Park – Nature reserve

Central region

• Durbanville Nature Reserve – Piece of protected land next to the Durbanville Racecourse
• Tygerberg Nature Reserve – Nature reserve in Cape Town, South Africa
• Bracken Nature Reserve – Protected land in Brackenfell in the Western Cape, South Africa
• Uitkamp Wetlands – Wetland reserve in Durbanville in the Western Cape

East region

• Wolfgat Nature Reserve – Coastal nature reserve in Mitchells Plain, Cape Town, South Africa
• Macassar Dunes Conservation Area – Coastal nature reserve in Macassar, Cape Town, South Africa
• Helderberg Nature Reserve – Nature reserve in Cape Town, South Africa
• Silwerboomkloof Natural Heritage Site – Protected valley near the Helderberg Nature Reserve, in Somerset West,
• Lourens River Protected Natural Environment – Section of protected land along the Lourens River in the Helderberg region, South Africa.
• Dick Dent Bird Sanctuary – Reserve in Somerset West, South Africa
• Harmony Flats Nature Reserve – Nature reserve in Cape Town, South Africa
• Kogelberg Nature Reserve – Protected area in the Western Cape province of South Africa

CapeNature

CapeNature, the Western Cape provincial conservation authority, manages Driftsands Nature Reserve on the Cape Flats, and the eastern part of the Kogelberg Nature Reserve. A small area of the Hottentots-Holland Nature Reserve also falls within the city limits of Cape Town.^[2]

South African National Parks (SANParks)

South African National Parks (SANParks) manages the following nature reserve in Cape Town:^[3]

• Table Mountain National Park

Eskom

Eskom manages the following nature reserve in Cape Town:^[4]

• Koeberg Nature Reserve

University of the Western Cape (UWC)

The University of the Western Cape (UWC) manages the following nature reserve in Cape Town:^[5]

• Cape Flats Nature Reserve

See also

• Biodiversity of Cape Town – Diversity of the natural environment of Cape Town

References

1. . www.capetown.gov.za. Archived from the original on 11 May 2008.
2. (PDF). City of Cape Town. February 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 November 2010. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
3. "South African National Parks - SANParks - Official Website - Accommodation, Activities, Prices, Reservations". SANParks. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
4. "Koeberg Nature Reserve". Eskom. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
5. . Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2011.

External links

•   Media related to Nature reserves of Cape Town at Wikimedia Commons