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Glencairn Wetland Hot

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The Glencairn Wetland is a small nature reserve on the Cape Peninsula, in the southern areas of Cape Town. The reserve protects the Cape wetland of the lower Else River, and is home to an abundance of indigenous plant and animal life.

False Bay Ecology Park Hot

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The False Bay Ecology Park (FBEP) is located within the False Bay Nature Reserve in Cape Town, and forms part of a network of protected international wetlands that conserves global biological biodiversity.

Eikenhof Wines Hot

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Eikenhof Farm, one of the Fruitways farms, is surrounded by the majestic Groenlandberg Mountains, which forms part of the Kogelberg Biosphere, a World Heritage Site. The farm is adjacent to the Groenlandberg Nature Reserve, which forms part of the Groenlandberg Conservancy and Green Mountain Eco-Route.

Elgin Orchards Hot

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Elgin Orchards is the only wine farm on the western side of the Elgin Valley plateau to become a BWI Champion. They have dedicated 116ha of their Oudebrug farm to conservation.

UWC: Cape Flats Nature Reserve Hot

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The Cape Flats Nature Reserve represents the conservation efforts at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) to preserve a biodiverse site, featuring the unique flora and fauna that once flourished in the surrounding area before urbanisation occurred. The reserve is privately owned by the UWC and occupies about 25% of the campus.

Steenbras Nature Reserve Hot

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The Steenbras Nature Reserve forms part of the greater Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve, and the area is often called “the heart of the fynbos”. The area supports five different vegetation types and is regarded as one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots. There are more than 1600 plant species in the reserve, giving it the greatest floral diversity per unit area...

Harmony Flats Nature Reserve Hot

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Harmony Flats Nature Reserve is located between Gordon’s Bay and Strand. It is a small 9 ha reserve that supports over 220 plant species - of which more than 30 are endangered. The nature reserve was first proclaimed in 1986 and its purpose was to provide a home for the critically endangered geometric tortoise.

Botterblom Nature Reserve Hot

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Botterblom Nature Reserve conserves critically endangered Swartland silcrete renosterveld. The vegetation is in excellent condition. Numerous threatened plant species can be found in the reserve.

Silwerbloomkloof Nature Reserve Hot

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Silwerbloomkloof Nature Reserve is a beautiful 4,9 ha kloof in Somerset West, just northwest of the Helderberg Nature Reserve. It was proclaimed a Natural Heritage Site in 1988. The site conserves a forest of silver trees, as well as granite fynbos and renosterveld, with 220 plant species.

Uitkamp Wetland Nature Reserve Hot

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The Uitkamp Wetland Nature Reserve was proclaimed a nature reserve in 2001. The reserve is a precious 32 ha wetland valley in a renosterveld region, with 140 different plants and many rare species.