The City of Cape Town is inviting you to visit any of their nature reserves on Heritage Day, 24 September 2025, and to enjoy free access to these beautiful natural and recreational areas across the city.
The municipality protects and conserves natural areas and the biodiversity heritage within 16 reserves and other conservation areas across Cape Town. Residents could do walks and hikes to see some of the Spring blooms at the reserves, or enjoy the picnic areas for a perfect family outing.
‘It’s Heritage Month and we want to showcase our natural heritage in Cape Town. We are so privileged to be surrounded with the pristine natural beauty that exists in our city. This Heritage Day, we encourage residents to get outdoors and make the most of the public holiday by exploring their local nature reserve or better yet, take a drive to the other side of town to visit a reserve you have not visited before for a hike before the braai, or perhaps a peaceful family picnic at our facilities. Two of Cape Town’s natural heritage gems that come to mind is the Blaauwberg Nature Reserve and False Bay Nature Reserve. Both offer the perfect spot for a braai; the Eerste Steen braai facility at Blaauwberg is the perfect beach braai location and of course the Zeekoevlei braai facilities at False Bay overlook the vlei,’ said the City’s Deputy Mayor and Mayoral Committee Member for Spatial Planning and Environment, Alderman Eddie Andrews.
This offer applies to the nature reserves which usually have an entrance fee, namely the Table Bay; Blaauwberg; Tygerberg and Helderberg Nature Reserve. Please note that the normal rates for permitted recreational activities at the reserves will still be charged.
See the nature reserve facilities you can choose from:
• Blaauwberg Nature Reserve: Eerste Steen Resort, Otto du Plessis Drive (M14), north of Bloubergstrand
• Bothasig Fynbos Nature Reserve: Border of Visserhof, Bosmansdam and Potsdam roads, Bothasig
• Botterblom Nature Reserve: Botterblom Road, Vierlanden, Durbanville
• Bracken Nature Reserve:: 2 Reservoir Road, Brackenfell
• Durbanville Nature Reserve: Racecourse Road, Durbanville
• Edith Stephens: Govan Mbeki Road, Philippi (off Jakes Gerwel Drive)
• False Bay Nature Reserve: Rondevlei Section: Corner of Perth Road and Fisherman’s Walk, Grassy Park | Zeekoevlei Section: 01 Shoreline Drive, Zeekoevlei
• Harmony Flats Nature Reserve: 11th Avenue, Strand
• Helderberg Nature Reserve: Verster Avenue, Somerset West
• Steenbras Nature Reserve: Faure Marine Drive (R44), about 9 km from Gordon’s Bay
• Table Bay Nature Reserve: Main entrance is at the southern end of Grey Avenue, Table View (Rietvlei Section)
• Tygerberg Nature Reserve: Totius Street, Welgemoed
• Uitkamp Wetland Nature Reserve Mosselbank Road, Durbanville
• Witzands Aquifer Nature Reserve: Atlantis Dunes, Dassenberg Drive (R307), Atlantis
• Wolfgat Nature Reserve: Baden Powell Drive, Mitchells Plain | 5 Pyrenees Road, Tafelsig, Mitchells Plain (Wolfgat Multipurpose Environmental Education Centre)
• Zandvlei Nature Reserve: Coniston Avenue, Marina Da Gama, Steenberg
WHAT: Free access to City of Cape Town’s nature reserves
WHEN: Heritage Day – 24 September
INFO: City nature reserves | See also Cape Town Green Map
