About

The Table Bay Nature Reserve consists of seven parts: Rietvlei Wetlands, Milnerton Lagoon, Milnerton Beach, Milnerton Racecourse, Zoarvlei Wetlands, Diep River, and the Parklands Fynbos Corridor.

This 880-hectare reserve comprises a variety of permanent and seasonal wetlands, and is surrounded by Cape Flats dune strandveld and Cape Flats sand fynbos vegetation.

The Rietvlei Wetland is in the floodplain of the Diep River between Milnerton and Table View that drains into Table Bay via the Milnerton Lagoon. The wetland offers a variety of habitats, including a permanent freshwater lake, shallow marshes that flood in winter, reed beds, a river, and an estuarine lagoon with salt marshes that is open to the sea. A strip of coastal dunes separates the reserve from Table Bay.

Opening hours

Reserve hours

Daily
07:30 – 16:00 (exit reserve by 17:00)

Water sports hours

Monday to Friday
10:00 – 16:30

Weekends

07:30 – 16:30

Entrance fees

For more information about fishing permits and watercraft tariffs, please consult the nature conservation tariffs in the document downloads section below

Contact us

General enquiries

Telephone:
021 444 0315

Fax:
021 444 7226

Email:
tablebay.naturereserve@capetown.gov.za

Location

Main entrance is at the southern end of Grey Avenue, Table View (Rietvlei Section)

Features and facilities

• Environmental education centre
• Path and walkways
• Picnic areas

Activities

• Running and jogging
• Hiking and walking
• Educational programmes
• Picnics
• Nature watching

Facility sizes

880 hectares

Booking and tariffs

For more information about water sport and permit charges, please consult the tariffs in the document downloads section below.

Document downloads

• 1. CCT Nature Reserves: A Network of Amazing Biodiversity Booklet

     01/07/2020, Booklet - 5 MB

  2. CCT Nature Reserves: Discover the City's Nature Reserves Information Pamphlet

     01/08/2018, Pamphlet - 676.1 KB

  3. Environmental and Heritage Management Tariffs

     01/07/2026, Budget annexure,Tariff - 1.2 MB

  4. Nature Conservation Tariffs

     01/07/2026, Budget annexure,Tariff - 1.5 MB

  5. Nature Reserves and other protected areas Map

     01/07/2014, Map - 841 KB

  6. Table Bay Nature Reserve Information Pamphlet

     17/08/2018, Pamphlet - 398 KB

  7. Table Bay Nature Reserve Integrated Reserve Management Plan

     01/06/2011, Management plan - 1.7 MB

  8. Table Bay Nature Reserve Integrated Reserve Management Plan (Appendix A - C)

     01/06/2011, Management plan - 9.8 MB

  9. Table Bay Nature Reserve Integrated Reserve Management Plan (Appendix D)

     01/06/2011, Management plan - 7.6 MB

  10. Table Bay Nature Reserve: Rietvlei Section Map

      03/09/2018, Map - 1.2 MB