Area 36 ha | Phone +27 21 444 0380 | |
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Location Brackenfell, Cape Town, South Africa Address 2 Reservoir St, Brackenfell South, Cape Town, 7560, South Africa Hours Open today · 7:30AM–4PMSaturday7:30AM–4PMSunday7:30AM–4PMMonday7:30AM–4PMTuesday7:30AM–4PMWednesday7:30AM–4PMThursday7:30AM–4PMFriday7:30AM–4PM Similar Tygerberg Nature Reserve, Blaauwberg Conservation Area, Wolfgat Nature Reserve, Durbanville Nature Reserve, Rondevlei Nature Reserve Profiles | ||
Six pounder cannon at bracken nature reserve
Bracken Nature Reserve is a 36-hectare (89-acre) piece of protected land in the suburb of Brackenfell in Cape Town, South Africa.
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This park preserves badly threatened Cape Flats Sand Fynbos and Swartland Granite Renosterveld vegetation. A diverse array of orchids, succulents and flowering bulbs are among the over 160 plant species that occur here. Of these, ten occur only within the city of Cape Town and are in serious danger of extinction, including Antimima aristulata, cowslip (Lachenalia aloides), canary yellow vygie (Lampranthus glaucus) and carrion flower (Orbea variegate). The park is also home to a variety of small mammals, reptiles and amphibians, as well as range of bird species.
There is an indigenous garden at the entrance, and footpaths that take visitors past birdlife and views of the surrounding countryside. The reserve is situated on top of an old quarry and landfill site so gas extraction pipes have had to be installed, to let the excess gases from the decomposing waste escape.