Cape Town residents are invited to explore the city’s natural heritage, with free entry to the City’s nature reserves from Thursday, 24 September to Sunday, 27 September 2026. Residents can walk and hike, enjoy some of the spring blooms, go birdwatching or make use of picnic areas for a family outing.

Free access to City nature reserves over Heritage weekend

The Heritage Month offer provides an opportunity for residents and visitors to spend time outdoors, enjoy the spring landscape and discover a nature reserve they may not have visited before.

The free-entry offer

The free-entry offer applies to Blaauwberg, Helderberg, Table Bay and Tygerberg nature reserves which usually charge entrance fees.
In addition, the City manages a network of nature reserves and conservation areas across Cape Town that residents can ordinarily visit free of charge. These areas protect Cape Town’s biodiversity while giving residents access to places for walking, hiking, birdwatching, picnicking and other nature-based activities.

Heritage Month

‘This Heritage Month we want to celebrate Cape Town’s natural heritage. These reserves protect extraordinary landscapes and biodiversity, and they are also places that residents can experience and enjoy. We encourage Capetonians to use the Heritage Day weekend to visit their local nature reserve or discover one they have not explored before. Take a walk in nature, enjoy a family picnic, go birdwatching or simply spend some time outdoors,’ said the City’s Deputy Mayor and Mayoral Committee Member for Spatial Planning and Environment, Alderman Eddie Andrews.

Choose a City nature reserve to explore

Residents could, for example, explore the coastline at Blaauwberg Nature Reserve; walk or hike at Tygerberg Nature Reserve; visit the wetlands at Zandvlei, False Bay or Table Bay nature reserves; or discover the Schapenberg Nature Reserve in Somerset West, one of the newest additions to the City’s conservation network.

1.Blaauwberg Nature Reserve
Location: Eerste Steen Resort, Otto du Plessis Drive (M14), north of Bloubergstrand
2.Bothasig Fynbos Nature Reserve
Location: Border of Visserhof, Bosmansdam and Potsdam roads, Bothasig
3.Botterblom Nature Reserve
Location: Botterblom Road, Vierlanden, Durbanville
4.Bracken Nature Reserve
Location: 2 Reservoir Road, Brackenfell
5.Durbanville Nature Reserve
Location: Racecourse Road, Durbanville
6.Edith Stephens Nature Reserve
Location: Govan Mbeki Road, Philippi (off Jakes Gerwel Drive)
7.False Bay Nature Reserve
Location: Rondevlei Section: Corner of Perth Road and Fisherman’s Walk, Grassy Park / Zeekoevlei
Location: Zeekoevlei Section: 01 Shoreline Drive, Zeekoevlei
8.Harmony Flats Nature Reserve
Location: 11th Avenue