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Nature reserve · Western Cape
Cape Point Nature Reserve
Cape Point Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in Western Cape, about 39 km south of Cape Town.
—km² recorded size
—year established
82 melevation of the point
39 kmsouth of Cape Town
Facts
- Type
- Nature reserve
- Province
- Western Cape
- Local municipality
- City of Cape Town
- Elevation
- 82 m
- Part of
- Table Mountain National Park, Cape Peninsula
- Coordinates
- -34.2761, 18.4294
- Nearest large town
- Cape Town, 39 km south
- Wikipedia articles
- 1 language
Sources: Wikidata Q31889654 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
Boulders Penguin ColonyGame reserve9 km north
Table Mountain National ParkNational park · 225 km²15 km north- St. James SpringNature reserve18 km north
Silvermine Nature ReserveNature reserve19 km north- Muizenberg CaveNature reserve19 km north
- Grysbok ParkNature reserve20 km north
Address and visiting
Listed addressCape Peninsula, Simon's Town, 7995capepoint.co.za
From business listings compiled from public map and web sources, checked October 2026.
Opening hours
| Monday | not listed |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | not listed |
| Wednesday | not listed |
| Thursday | 06:00–18:00 |
| Friday | not listed |
| Saturday | not listed |
| Sunday | not listed |
Only the days shown were listed, as published in business listings checked October 2026. Gate times change with the season — check before you travel.
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Cape Point Nature Reserve
508 mammal and 15 856 bird occurrence records within 3 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- BontebokDamaliscus pygargus153
- Mountain ZebraEquus zebra108
- Chacma BaboonPapio ursinus99
- Common ElandTaurotragus oryx55
- Red HartebeestAlcelaphus caama21
- KlipspringerOreotragus oreotragus13
- Vaal RhebokPelea capreolus12
- Rock HyraxProcavia capensis10
- Brown Fur SealArctocephalus pusillus6
- Marsh MongooseAtilax paludinosus4
- CaracalCaracal caracal4
- Cape PorcupineHystrix africaeaustralis4
- Xeric Four-striped Grass RatRhabdomys pumilio3
- Cape GrysbokRaphicerus melanotis3
Birds
- Common OstrichStruthio camelus705
- Orange-breasted SunbirdAnthobaphes violacea565
- Cape SugarbirdPromerops cafer499
- Cape CormorantPhalacrocorax capensis491
- Kelp GullLarus dominicanus488
- Red-winged StarlingOnychognathus morio476
- Cape BuntingEmberiza capensis465
- Karoo PriniaPrinia maculosa431
- Malachite SunbirdNectarinia famosa411
- White-necked RavenCorvus albicollis400
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo394
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus384
- African OystercatcherHaematopus moquini359
- Hartlaub's GullChroicocephalus hartlaubii355
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.