List of nature reserves in Cape Town

The City of Cape Town, South Africa has numerous nature reserves within the city limits.

City of Cape Town[edit]

The City of Cape Town manages the following nature reserves in the Cape Town metropolitan area:^[1]

North region

Mamre Nature Garden – Nature reserve in Cape Town, South Africa
Witzands Aquifer Conservation Area – Protected natural area in Cape Town, South Africa
Blaauwberg Conservation Area – Nature reserve in Cape Town, South Africa
Diep River Fynbos Corridor – Nature reserve in South Africa
Milnerton Racecourse Nature Reserve – Lowland conservation area in the City of Cape Town, South Africa
Rietvlei Wetland Reserve – Nature reserve in Table View, Western Cape, South Africa.
Zoarvlei Wetlands – Wetland reserve of about in the city of Cape Town, South Africa

South region

Raapenberg Bird Sanctuary – Protected area in Cape Town, on the Liesbeek river
Rondebosch Common – Conservation area in Cape Town
Kenilworth Racecourse Conservation Area – Nature reserve in Cape Town, South Africa
Rondevlei Nature Reserve – Protected wetlands in Cape Town, South Africa
Zeekoevlei Nature Reserve – Freshwater lake on the Cape Flats in Cape Town
Zandvlei Estuary Nature Reserve – Nature reserve and recreational area in Muizenberg, South Africa
De Hel Nature Area – Nature reserve by Cape Town, South Africa
Meadowridge Common – Reserve in Cape Town, South Africa
Die Oog Conservation Area – Nature reserve in Cape Town, South Africa
Lower Silvermine River Wetlands – Nature reserve on the Cape Peninsula, in Cape Town, South Africa
Glencairn Wetland – Nature reserve in South Africa
Edith Stephens Wetland Park – Nature reserve

Central region

Durbanville Nature Reserve – Piece of protected land next to the Durbanville Racecourse
Tygerberg Nature Reserve – Nature reserve in Cape Town, South Africa
Bracken Nature Reserve – Protected land in Brackenfell in the Western Cape, South Africa
Uitkamp Wetlands – Wetland reserve in Durbanville in the Western Cape

East region

Wolfgat Nature Reserve – Coastal nature reserve in Mitchells Plain, Cape Town, South Africa
Macassar Dunes Conservation Area – Coastal nature reserve in Macassar, Cape Town, South Africa
Helderberg Nature Reserve – Nature reserve in Cape Town, South Africa
Silwerboomkloof Natural Heritage Site – Protected valley near the Helderberg Nature Reserve, in Somerset West,
Lourens River Protected Natural Environment – Section of protected land along the Lourens River in the Helderberg region, South Africa.
Dick Dent Bird Sanctuary – Reserve in Somerset West, South Africa
Harmony Flats Nature Reserve – Nature reserve in Cape Town, South Africa
Kogelberg Nature Reserve – Protected area in the Western Cape province of South Africa

CapeNature, the Western Cape provincial conservation authority, manages Driftsands Nature Reserve on the Cape Flats, and the eastern part of the Kogelberg Nature Reserve. A small area of the Hottentots-Holland Nature Reserve also falls within the city limits of Cape Town.^[2]

Eskom manages the following nature reserve in Cape Town:^[4]

The University of the Western Cape (UWC) manages the following nature reserve in Cape Town:^[5]

^ "Nature Reserves". www.capetown.gov.za. Archived from the original on 11 May 2008.
^ "City of Cape Town Nature Reserves" (PDF). City of Cape Town. February 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 November 2010. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
^ "South African National Parks - SANParks - Official Website - Accommodation, Activities, Prices, Reservations". SANParks. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
^ "Koeberg Nature Reserve". Eskom. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
^ "THE CAPE FLATS NATURE RESERVE". Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2011.