​​​​​​​​​​Find your favourite reserve​​​​​​​

Visit our nature reserves listing page to find a reserve near you. Information about our reserves, along with location map and contact details, can be found in our Nature Reserves Pamphlet – easy to download and print. You can also download our Natures Reserves Booklet for an introduction to Cape Town’s amazing plants and animals, our conservation challenges and successes, and an overview of each reserve.

For provincial and national reserves in Cape Town and the Western Cape, please visit the following websites:

• Cape Nature: manages 24 nature reserves and wilderness areas across the Western Cape. Most offer overnight accommodation and/or camping and a variety of activities.
• South African National parks (SANParks): manages five national parks within the Western Cape, including Table Mountain National Park.

If you’re interested in how we manage our reserves, take a look at our reserve management plans and maps in environment reports and publications.

The City’s Biodiversity Areas offer easy access to nature and her gifts – from riverine areas and wetlands, to a bird sanctuary that was once a wastewater treatment works, to one of the last remaining breeding sites for the endangered Western Leopard Toad – all of these are supported by a range of community partners.

We can all enjoy our natural heritage and play our part in protecting our biodiversity.