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Archive for December 2010

• Latest News

  • Friends Newsletter – November 2014
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  • Friends News Bulletin – March 2014
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  • The day and night walks are back!
  • Friends Newsletter July 2013

• The Reserve

  The Helderberg Nature Reserve is located in Somerset West. It is owned and managed by the City of Cape Town with the support of the Friends of the Helderberg Nature Reserve. The Reserve reaches up as far as the cliff faces and the peaks above the Reserve are managed by Cape Nature.

• Contact Information

  • Information Centre: 021 851 4060
    (open daily from 10:00-16:00)
  • Environmental Education Centre: 021 444 9749
  • Eco-Schools: 021 852 8831
  • General Enquiries: 021 444 9744
  • Reserve Manager: 021 444 9747
  • Area Manager: 021 444 9743
  • Oak Café: 021 851 4543
  • Facebook page: helderbergnaturereserve

  In case of emergency:

  • After hours (emergency only): 107 from a Telkom line or 021 480 7700 from a cell phone
  • Site Coordinator: 072 538 9762
  • Area Coordinator: 084 528 0401
  • Blue Whale Security Control: 021 825 5538/9
  • SSS Emergency Medical Services: 082 514 8261
  • Wilderness Rescue: 021 937 0300
  • Police: (Somerset West) 021 850 1303/25
  • Vergelegen Medi Clinic: 021 850 9000
  • Hottentots Holland Hospital: 021 852 1334
  • CoCT Fire Control: 021 590 1900

  Email

  • Reserve Manager:
    
  • Friends of The Helderberg Nature Reserve:
  • Mike Woods Environmental Education Centre:
  • ECO-Rangers:
    

• Entrance & Fees:

  Opening hours

  1 December	–	28 February	: 07:30 – 20:00
  March	&	November	: 07:30 – 19:00
  1 April	–	31 October	: 07:30 – 17:30

  Entrance fees

  Vehicle	: R10.00
  Bus	: R300.00 (prior arrangement only)
  Adult	: R20.00
  Child	: R10.00 (3 years to 18 years)
  Toddler	: Free (child under 3 years old)
  Student	: R10.00 (valid student card required)
  Senior citizen / Pensioner	: R10.00 (60 years and older: proof of identification required)

  You can purchase an annual membership by joining the Friends of the Helderberg Nature Reserve. Friends enter for free with proof of a valid membership card. You can become a member of the Friends at the Information Centre.

  Early Riser key
  To walk in the Reserve from 0500 in the morning before the gate is opened, become a Friend and buy an Early Riser Key at the Information Centre. There are strict conditions associated with this privilege.

• Links

  • City of Cape Town City of Cape Town official website – Environmental Resource Management
  • Eco-Schools Eco-Schools programme
  • facebook Friends of Helderberg Nature Reserve facebook page
  • Satellite view of the Reserve Locate the Helderberg Nature Reserve on Google Maps
  • WESSA The Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa

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