update (15 Febuary 2024): CapeNature has deleted the posting on Facebook regarding the temporary closure of the Hottentots Holland Nature Reserve until 17 February 2024. However, it has now published the following information: "Please note that all CapeNature's hiking trails, huts and the picnic site at Hottentots-Holland Nature Reserve will be closed till the 20th of February due to a fire in the area."
CapeNature, the public institution with the responsibility for biodiversity conservation in South Africa's Western Cape has announced that the Hottentots Holland Nature Reserve will be closed till 17 February 2024 due to a fire in that area. The Nature Reserve is located in the Hottentots Holland Mountains, about 90km south-east of Cape Town. The 70 000-hectare reserve stretches from Elgin in the south to beyond Villiersdorp in the north, and from the Stellenbosch Mountains in the west, eastwards to the Groenland Mountains.
The Hottentots Holland Nature Reserve is home to approximately 110 bird species and about 1300 species of mountain fynbos. Many mamals have been re-introduced, including the rare Cape mountain zebra, eland, bontebokand red hartebeest. Populations of grey rhebuck, klipspringer, common duiker and grysbok occur and, while leopards frequent these mountains, they are seldom seen.
The entrance to the Hottentots Holland Nature Reserve is at Nuweberg, high in Viljoen's Pass between Grabouw and Villiersdorp. Take the N2 over Sir Lowry’s Pass, turn left on the R321, go through Grabouw and on towards Villiersdorp. Up in Viljoen’s Pass, watch out for Nuweberg and the Hottentots Holland Nature Reserve entrance signposted on your left.
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