Mother City residents can now also visit the Durbanville Nature Reserve over weekends.
The annual spring flowers have started to bloom at the City’s Durbanville Nature Reserve and residents are encouraged to visit the reserve right on their doorstep.
Entrance to the reserve is free and the new opening times are as follows:
• Weekdays 07:30 – 16:00
• Saturday 08:00 – 13:00
• Sunday 12:00 – 17:00
The reserve, located along Racecourse Road in Durbanville, offers a range of activities and facilities.
There are walking trails and wheelchair-friendly pathways, and picnic sites located at the main entrance and the southern section of the reserve.
Background information:
The City’s Durbanville Nature Reserve consists of six hectares and it is here, in the heart of our city, where critically endangered Swartland shale renosterveld and Cape Flats sand fynbos meet.
There are about 241 plant species, three endemic to Cape Town and six threatened with extinction.
The site is home to several animal species, including birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians. Birds such as the Cape Sugarbird, Double-Collared Sunbird, and Cape Spurfowl can be seen in the reserve. The small Grey Mongoose and Angulate Tortoise also occur here, as well as the endemic and vulnerable Cape Rain Frog which can be heard when it rains.
For further information, residents can contact the reserve on 021 979 0060 and durbanville.naturereserve@capetown.gov.za.
The Durbanville Nature Reserve is now also open over weekends.
The City’s Directorate for Spatial Planning and Environment has encouraged residents to take advantage of these new operating hours.
For information on the various City of Cape Town Nature Reserves and conservation areas please visit:
• https://resource.capetown.gov.za/documentcentre/Documents/Graphics%20and%20educational%20material/CCT_Nature_Reserves_book_2010-02.pdf
• https://www.capetown.gov.za/Family%20and%20home/See-all-city-facilities/Our-recreational-facilities/Nature%20reserves
The City also has a range of other nature reserves that residents can visit.
Find more information about these reserves here.
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The annual spring flowers have started to bloom at the City’s Durbanville Nature Reserve. Residents are encouraged to visit the reserve right on their doorstep. We are open on weekends.
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