Tag your friends to strike a pose with CapeNature & WIN!
Plan a road trip with family and friends to visit one of the six CapeNature reserves that have a newly installed outdoor selfie frame! There’s more… enter our competition and be amongst the first to enjoy all the new campsite upgrades at Algeria campsite, Cederberg Wilderness!
How to enter:
- Log in to either our Instagram or Facebook page.
- Like, comment and tag two friends you would like to take along with you on a road trip to one of the six CapeNature reserves that have a newly installed outdoor selfie frame. Make sure you include: #ImHere #NatureSelfie in your comment.
- Newsletter subscribers tag us on social media and include #ImHere #NatureSelfie to stand a chance to WIN.
Three winners will be randomly selected from the comments at the end of the competition. Terms and conditions apply.
Stony Point Nature Reserve - Betty's Bay
Reserves with Outdoor Selfie Frames:
- De Hoop Nature Reserve
- Walker Bay Nature Reserve
- Goukamma Nature Reserve
- Cederberg Wilderness - Algeria
- Grootvadersbosch Nature Reserve
- Stony Point Nature Reserve - Betty's Bay
WIN an Upgraded Experience at Algeria Campsite
Algeria, Cederberg Wilderness recently built a few solar-lit walkways between specific campsite areas for visitors to easily find their way in the dark. A newer and safer low water bridge, with upgraded sluices, has also been installed to better accommodate vehicular traffic and manage the water flow from the swemgat. Furthermore, repairs and improvements were made to all three communal campsite bathrooms for the comfort and pleasure of visitors.
Tag your friends and WIN with the #ImHere challenge, running from 20 May to 20 June 2022.
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