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Cedar Seedling Nursery Breeds Hope for Generations to Come
Heuningvlei – Arbour week is an annual highlight on the environmental calendar and is celebrated in the first week of September. This year, CapeNature and the Heuningvlei community joined hands in launching the Heuningvlei Cedar Seedling Nursery, in aid of saving the critically endangered cedar tree.
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Create a Cleaner World With CapeNature’s #Don’tBeTrashy Drive This September
CapeNature will be hosting a series of clean-up events as part of their annual #Don’tBeTrashy Drive. Harnessing the power of the people, the entity calls on communities across the Western Cape to get involved this September and participate in local waste collection activities.
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2022 Conservation Symposium
CapeNature is proud to co-host the 2022 Conservation Symposium and registration is now open for this international hybrid event taking place from Monday, October 31st to Friday, November 4th.
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Free Access to CapeNature Reserves for an Entire Week!
What better way is there to celebrate South Africa’s coinciding Tourism Month and Heritage Month than immersing yourself in nature…for free? Between 20-27 September 2022, CapeNature will open its doors for an entire week to everyone free of charge.
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Launching of Heuningvlei Cedar Seedling Nursery in Celebration of Arbour Week
South Africa celebrates Arbor Week on 29 August – 4 September this year. This week helps us understand the importance of trees and the role they play within the environment.
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Three Stunning Circular Hiking Routes to Tackle This Spring With Forge
After the cold of winter, the blossoming of Spring brings with it longer, warmer and flower-scented days that lull us away from under the warm blanket and back onto the trails. There were murmurs at Forge HQ of a Spring blog post along the lines of the best hikes to swimming spots for Spring.
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Must Visit Reserves for Senior Citizens to Enjoy Easy-going Activities
Free your mind from the city life blues by relishing in the crispy fresh air of what famous poet Stephen Watson describes as, “A mountainscape both dry and shining, desolate yet so rich.” Explore the mesmerising Cederberg Mountain landscape by taking a leisurely hike or lying back in style on an old-school donkey cart.
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Celebrate Your Golden Years With the Magic of Nature
Don’t let the rush of the city life, aching joints, or social distancing blues rob you of your adventurous spirit this year. If 2022 is one of your golden years, celebrate it by using CapeNature’s 30% senior citizen discount on all self-catering accommodations – available Monday to Friday all year round EXCEPT for school and public holidays.
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Water Conservation Matters, Even When It is Raining
While the rainy season provides us with the sense that water is available in abundance, saving this precious resource should always be top of mind, even when it’s wet.
Rapid Bioassessment Method for Rivers with a Focus on Rivers in the Jonkershoek Nature Reserve
In a water-scarce country such as South Africa, it is important to keep track of the health of freshwater systems and to conduct long-term monitoring of selected rivers and wetlands and their biodiversity. Keeping up with changes, impacts, and trends of these ecosystems is very important for the management and conservation of these systems.
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Enhance Your Experience at Cederberg Wilderness Up the West Coast
Our Winter Promotion is soon coming to an end. Why not take advantage of the last few weeks and head out to the Cederberg Wilderness? Come and watch nature come alive at this World Heritage Site.
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A Week Exploring the Rocklands on the West Coast, South Africa
Unpack your crash pads and get your spotter ready for a week of world-class bouldering and sports climbing at the Rocklands. The Rocklands partners have developed more than 1 500 invigorating climbing “problems” at the globally famed northern Cederberg gem, an absolute quintessence of first-class bouldering for seasoned and novice climbers.