Helderberg Nature Reserve » Events Calendar

Events Calendar

Please note: ECO-Rangers activities are only open to members of the ECO-Rangers (These events are marked in purple).

Month: Year:

February 2012

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

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* Paint your own TShirt

Paint your own TShirt

Time: 14:30

We'll be painting our own ECO-Ranger T-Shirt with the help of Griffin's Mom, Elizabeth Ansley, who is an artist.

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* OUTING Penguin Colony

OUTING Penguin Colony

Time: 09:00

We want to visit the penguin colony in Bettys Bay. We will be guided by Cuan McGeorge who is the manager of the penguin colony. We hope to get involved in the building of penguin nests for these penguins which they desperately need.

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* Virtual Jazz Reality

Virtual Jazz Reality

Time: 17:30

Summer Sunset Concert: Virtual Jazz Reality

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* Sustainable Seafood

Sustainable Seafood

Time: 14:30

Hear how mankind is influencing our sea life and how we can help. Make an identification chart of what fish are best to eat and which need our protection.
* Night Walk

Time: 20:30

Night walk. Booking via the Information Centre.

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* Hack

Time: 07:30

Alien Vegetation Hack
* Green Route

Time: 07:45

Guided walk along the Green Route

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* Night life and Night sky

Night life and Night sky

Time: 19:00

Join us on a guided night walk in the Helderberg Nature Reserve to enjoy the night time atmosphere and see what creatures we can see. After the walk we'll take out the telescope and have a look what's interesting to see in our night skies.

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* The SA Navy Staff Band

The SA Navy Staff Band

Time: 17:30

Summer Sunset Concert: The SA Navy Staff Band

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* Flying monsters from our past

Flying monsters from our past

Time: 14:30

While the dinosaurs walked the earth, huge flying reptiles ruled the skies. Come and explore with us why these mysterious creatures took to the air and how they adapted to survive.
* Night Walk

Time: 20:30

Night walk. Booking via the Information Centre.

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* Fynbos walk

Time: 08:00

Fynbos walk with Ron du Toit

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Category Key
	Concert
	ECO-Rangers
	Environmental / Educational
	Exhibition
	General
	Hack
	Walk

Calendar developed and supported by Kieran O'Shea

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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
- 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
Today
- Virtual Jazz Reality
  Virtual Jazz Reality
  Time: 17:30
  Summer Sunset Concert: Virtual Jazz Reality at 17:30
The week ahead
- 10 February 2012
  - Sustainable Seafood
    Sustainable Seafood
    Time: 14:30
    Hear how mankind is influencing our sea life and how we can help. Make an identification chart of what fish are best to eat and which need our protection. at 14:30
  - Night Walk
    Night Walk
    Time: 20:30
    Night walk. Booking via the Information Centre. at 20:30
- 11 February 2012
  - Hack
    Hack
    Time: 07:30
    Alien Vegetation Hack at 07:30
  - Green Route
    Green Route
    Time: 07:45
    Guided walk along the Green Route at 07:45
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