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Archive for the ‘Hacks’ Category

• Latest News

  • July 2010 Hack newsletter
  • June 2010 Hack Newsletter
  • ECO-Rangers : Holiday program feedback
  • ECO-Rangers : Holiday Program
  • ECO-Rangers : Toad Project
  • ECO-Rangers : River Rehabilitation
  • May 2010 Hack Newsletter
  • ECO-Ranger Geology Tour, Camps Bay
  • ECO-Ranger Fossil Outing
  • April 2010 Hack Newsletter

• 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. The peaks above the Reserve are managed by Cape Nature.

• Contact Information

  • Information Centre: (021) 851-4060
    (open daily from 10:00-16:30)
  • Gift Shop: (021) 851-4060
  • Indigenous Nursery: (021) 851-9192
    (open Tuesday - Friday from 10:00-16:00)
    (open Saturday from 10:00-14:00)
  • Environmental Education Centre: (021) 852-8831
  • Resource Centre: (021) 852-8831
  • Reserve management: (021) 851-6982
  • After hours (emergency only): (021) 957-4700
  • Oak Café: (021) 851-7256

  In case of emergency:

  • Fire: Omnipage (021) 852-3318
  • Mountain Rescue: Omnipage (021) 852-3318
  • Police: (Somerset West) (021) 850-1301
  • Vergelegen Medi Clinic: (021) 850-9000
  • Hottentots Holland Hospital: (021) 852-1334
  • Fire department: (021) 853-1179

  Email

  • Friends of The Helderberg Nature Reserve:
  • Mike Woods Environmental Education Centre:

• In brief:

  Opening hours

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

  Entrance fees

  Vehicle	: R5.00
  Bus	: R250.00 (prior arrangement only)
  Adult	: R10.00
  Child	: R5.00 (under the age of 13)

  Members of the Friends of the Helderberg Nature Reserve enter for free with proof of a valid membership card. Become a member of the Friends at the Information Centre.

  Early Riser key
  To walk in the Reserve before the gate is opened in the morning, become a Friend and buy an Early Riser key at the Information Centre. Please note: The key can only be used by the person who bought it.

• Links

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

• The week ahead

  • 3 September 2010
    • Meeting
      Meeting
      Time: 14:30
      
      Fynbos diversity at 14:30

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