Cape Town: Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden implements dual pricing!

The South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), which manages South Africa's National Botanical and Zoological Gardens, has announced that Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden in Cape Town will implement dual pricing for non-South African and South African residents. According to SANBI, the introduction of the new pricing structure is due to the increased costs to the organisation and financial setbacks of 2020 due to Covid-19. 

From 01 April 2021, non-South African residents of 18 years and older will pay R200 for an entry ticket to Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden. South African Residents of 18 years and older (with ID) will pay R80, while students from a South African institute (with student card) will pay R45. The admission for scholars/learners will be R25. Children under six years are free of charge and South African residents over the age of 60 (with ID) are granted free entrance on Tuesdays except on public holidays.

Kirstenbosch: Centenary Tree Canopy Walkway voted "Most Beautiful Object in South Africa"!

The Centenary Tree Canopy Walkway at Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens in Cape Town has been voted the Most Beautiful Object in South Africa (MBOISA) at Design Indaba Expo 2015. The walkway, designed by Mark Thomas and Henry Fagan, was the public's choice among the 12 nominated works in this year's competition.
The 130 m long walkway is commonly known as the Boomslang. It takes the visitor from the forest floor into and through the trees and bursts out above the canopy, giving spectacular panoramic vistas of the surrounding mountains, the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens and Cape Flats. There is no additional fee to walk on the Boomslang, other than the normal Garden entry fee.

The Centenary Tree Canopy Walkway was built in 2013-14 to celebrate the centenary of the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens in 2013, and opened to the public on 17 May 2014.