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Archive for the ‘Hacks’ Category

• Latest News

  • Eco-Ranger Newsletter – Autumn 2012
  • March 2012 Hack Newsletter
  • West Peak sleepover – 17/18 March 2012
  • Penguin outing : Betty’s Bay – 4 February 2012
  • Friends Newsletter – March 2012
  • February 2012 Hack Newsletter
  • Banned In Evolution concert on 11 March 2012
  • Army and Caledonian bands concert on 19 February 2012
  • January 2012 Hack Newsletter
  • Virtual Jazz Reality concert on 5 February 2012

• 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) 851-4543

  In case of emergency:

  • Fire: Omnipage (021) 852-3318
  • Mountain Rescue: (021) 937 0300
  • Police: (Somerset West) (021) 850-1301
  • Vergelegen Medi Clinic: (021) 850-9000
  • Hottentots Holland Hospital: (021) 852-1334
  • Fire department: (021) 853-1179

  Email

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

• 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

  • 18 May 2012
    • Leopards
      Leopards
      Time: 14:30
      
      The most secretive and elusive of the large carnivores, the leopard is also the shrewdest. Pound for pound, it is the strongest climber of the large cats and capable of killing prey larger than itself. The Cape Leopard Trust has been doing wonderful work regarding Leopard Conservation here in the Cape and thanks to them and their camera traps we now know that there are many more leopards in our mountains than once thought. Join us in learning more about these fascinating creatures. at 14:30
  • 20 May 2012
    • Trail Run
      Trail Run
      Helderberg Mountain Challenge trial run all day

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