update (12 October 2023): According to CapeNature's website:
- Swartberg Nature Reserve > Gamkaskloof is unfortunately closed until further notice due to safety concerns.
- Anysberg Nature Reserve > Selective accommodation facilities in Anysberg Nature Reserve are closed until beginning of 2024.
- Assegaaibosch Nature Reserve > Assegaaibosch Nature Reserve hiking trails will be closed until further notice to allow necessary trail maintenance to be conducted. Visitors are only allowed within the picnic area.
- Hottentos Holland Nature Reserve > The overnight huts Landroskop and Shamrock will be temporarily closed until 10 November 2023 due to weather damage. Furthermore, Aloe Ridge is also closed until further notice.
- Jonkershoek Nature Reserve > Jonkershoek's selective hiking trails are closed and the circular road is still under repair. Hikers must add an estimated 5km to their walk which is the distance from the MTO gate to the beginning hiking trails. Please note that Waterval 1 & 2, Panorama, Swartboskloof and Sosykloof trails are closed until further notice.
- Limietberg Nature Reserve > The facilities at all Limietberg private campsites are currently closed for upgrades and will remain so until the end of October 2023.
- Bliss on the Bay > Bliss on The Bay is closed until November 2023 due to repairs.
- Kogelberg Nature Reserve > Selective Kogelberg hiking trails are closed till further notice due to trail damage and repairs.
- Stony Point Nature Reserve > Stony Point Boardwalk is closed until November 2023 due to repairs.
- Cederberg Wilderness Area > Certain hiking trails, campsites, Kliphuis camping and accomodation, and the Bosherberge at Algeria are currently closed for repairs and will remain so until further notice.
- Groot Winterhoek Wilderness Area > The Suikerbekkie Hut is currently closed and will remain so until February 2024. This temporary closure is due to a natural disaster that has occurred in the area.
- Robberg Nature Reserve > Robberg Island is temporarily closed due to a natural disaster until further notice.
update (29 September 2023): CapeNature has released an update. Re-opening dates for the following reserves are indicated in brackets:
- Limietberg Nature Reserve (06 October 2023)
- Kogelberg Nature Reserve - all trails (07 October 2023)
- Anysberg Nature Reserve (02 October 2023)
- Swartberg trails (14 October 2023 )
- De Hoop Potberg (trails and eco-venue) and Whale Trail (02 October 2023)
- Jonkershoek Nature Reserve (29 September 2023)
- Assegaaibosch Nature Reserve (29 September 2023)
- Hottentots Holland Nature Reserve (incl Cape Canopy Tours) (03 October 2023)
- Cederberg Wilderness Area (Algeria) - all camp sites (01 December 2023)
- Gamkaberg Nature Reserve (07 October 2023)
- Vrolijkheid Nature Reserve (02 October 2023)
- De Mond Nature Reserve (07 October 2023)
update (27 September 2023): According to CapeNature's latest update, Kogelberg Nature Reserve and Stony Point Nature Reserve are still closed today. De Hoop Potberg (trails and eco-venue) and Whale Trail are expected to reopen on 02 October 2023. Gamkaberg Nature Reserve will now reopen on 07 October 2023. Cederberg Wilderness Area (Algeria) is open from today for day and overnight hiking.
CapeNature, the public institution with the responsibility for biodiversity conservation in South Africa's Western Cape, had to close several of its nature reserves due to the severe weather conditions and flooding the Cape region recently experienced. Kogelberg Nature Reserve, Stony Point Nature Reserve and De Hoop Nature Reserve remain closed until further notice, while the following seven nature reserves, and one trail, will reopen on:
- 28 September 2023 - Cederberg Wilderness Area
- 29 September 2023 - Jonkershoek Nature Reserve
- 29 September 2023 - Assegaaibosch Nature Reserve
- 30 September 2023 - Gamkaberg Nature Reserve
- 30 September 2023 - Vrolijkheid Nature Reserve
- 02 October 2023 - Anysberg Nature Reserve
- 02 October 2023 - Hottentots Holland Nature Reserve
- 14 October 2023 - Swartberg trails in the Swartberg Nature Reserve
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