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Summer of Adventure with CapeNature!
This summer, trade the ordinary for the extraordinary! From soaring above mountains on a zipline at Hottentots Holland, abseiling along Robberg’s cliffs, hiking ancient trails in the Cederberg, kayaking serene rivers at Kogelberg, to spotting thousands of Cape Gannets at Bird Island – CapeNature has it all.
CapeNature’s Greening Initiatives: 1 April – 15 May 2026
Calling all mini nature heroes! This April 2026, we’re launching our super-fun Greening Initiatives and competition, and YOU are invited to dig in, leaf your worries behind, and help make the planet happier 🌍💚
World Water Week 23 – 27 March
A Big Splash for Our Favorite Liquid! 🎉💧
Drip, drop, hooray—it’s World Water Week! This special week is all about celebrating water, the super-important liquid that keeps people, plants, animals, and even your goldfish happy and healthy. From the water we drink and splash in, to the rain that helps food grow, water is a true everyday superhero 🦸♂️💦
World Wetlands Day 2 February
Splish, splash—it’s World Wetlands Day! Every year on February 2, people around the world celebrate wetlands, some of the most amazing (and soggy!) places on Earth.
Wetlands are areas where land and water love to hang out together, like marshes, swamps, ponds, mangroves, and even muddy riverbanks. Think of them as nature’s giant sponges wearing superhero capes 🦸♀️💧
Winner Leaderboard
Between November and January, our members showed incredible creativity and commitment to protecting our natural spaces. Gershone Hans earned a whopping 300 points by designing an eye-catching poster and writing a thoughtful poem focused on the importance of protecting our mountains. His passion for nature and creative expression truly stood out, securing him top spot and inspiring others to take action for our environment.
Individual action projects
Here are some wonderful ways you can make a difference and help save our precious water! Simply send us a picture of your action and we will assign your points to you! Each action earns you 150 points.
Conservation in action
Albino Honey Badger Spotted at De Hoop
CapeNature granted BirdLife South Africa and Panthera a research permit to undertake a camera trap survey at De Hoop Nature Reserve. Among the images captured was an extremely rare albino honey badger (Mellivora capensis), which is the first record of this condition for this species in scientific literature
Celebrating gender equality in conservation
There is a number of women working at CapeNature in so-called non-conventional roles. The entity is known for creating an enabling environment where women employees can thrive and progress.
Groenvlei Carp Project
The Invasive Fish Species Management Non Profit Company (IFSM) consists of a group of volunteers that approached CapeNature in 2018 to remove invasive carp from Groenvlei lake by means of fishing bows.
Monitoring the Great White Shark
The waters around Dyer Island are an important seasonal feeding ground for great white sharks. Researchers working through Dyer Island Conservation Trust have demonstrated a decrease in white shark sightings around the island since 2017.
Possibly extinct Brenton blue butterfly
Of the two localities at which it is known to have occurred, the Brenton blue butterfly is now extinct at one (Nature’s Valley) and possibly extinct at the other (the Brenton Blue Butterfly Reserve near Knysna).
Conservation of Barrydale redfin
The tiny Critically Endangered Barrydale redfin, for example, is limited to just 40 km2 in the Tradouw catchment where it is threatened by water abstraction, pollution and alien fish.
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MPA Day 2025
MPA Day 2025
International Zebra Day
International Zebra Day
CapeNature Conservation Review 2024
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Featured reserves
Goukamma Nature Reserve
We recommend that you use a vehicle with a high ground clearance when traversing on reserve.
Goukamma Nature and Marine Reserve was proclaimed a marine protected area in 1990 and it is heralded as one of the country’s conservation success stories. The reserve stretches along 16.5km of the coastline between Buffalo Bay and Platbank, and 2 500 hectares inland.
Buffalo Valley’s three self-catering timber lodges are fully equipped and sleep between four to six people.
Buffalo Valley is a large conservation area two kilometres from the warm Indian Ocean.
Marloth Nature Reserve
Marloth Nature Reserve is hidden away in the imposing Swellendam Mountains, between Swellendam, Ashton, Barrydale and Suurbraak. The peaceful reserve, which is 14 123 hectares in size, is managed together with 16 532 hectares of privately owned land, and is a World Heritage Site.