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Nature reserve · Western Cape
Lion's Head Hiking Trail
Lion's Head Hiking Trail is listed as hiking area, nature preserve near Cape Town, in City of Cape Town municipality, Western Cape — about 3 km south-west of Cape Town. The nearest other area in the directory is Raapenberg Bird Sanctuary, 8 km east.
3 kmsouth-west of Cape Town
8 kmto the nearest listed area
91species with records nearby
—opening hours listed
AddressSignal Hill Rd, Signal Hill, Cape Town, 8001hikelionshead.co.za
Facts
- Type
- Nature reserve
- Listed as
- Hiking area, Nature preserve
- Province
- Western Cape
- District
- City of Cape Town
- Local municipality
- City of Cape Town
- Town
- Cape Town 8001
- Coordinates
- -33.9368, 18.3948
- Nearest large town
- Cape Town, 3 km south-west
- Website
- hikelionshead.co.za
Sources: business listings compiled from public map and web sources, checked October 2026 · municipality: geoBoundaries (CC BY 3.0 IGO) · province: Natural Earth
Nearby
- Raapenberg Bird SanctuaryGame reserve8 km east
- Constantia NekNature reserve8 km south
- Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area9 km south-west
- Tokai ParkNational park14 km south
- Rondevlei Nature ReserveProtected area · 3 km²17 km south-east
- Zeekoevlei Nature ReserveNature reserve · 3 km²17 km south-east
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Lion's Head Hiking Trail
1 014 mammal and 51 657 bird occurrence records within 3 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- Eastern Gray SquirrelSciurus carolinensis418
- Rock HyraxProcavia capensis410
- Cape PorcupineHystrix africaeaustralis26
- Himalayan TahrHemitragus jemlahicus25
- Xeric Four-striped Grass RatRhabdomys pumilio22
- KlipspringerOreotragus oreotragus17
- Brown Fur SealArctocephalus pusillus15
- Cape Gray MongooseGalerella pulverulenta14
- CaracalCaracal caracal12
- Cape Mole-ratGeorychus capensis6
- Humpback WhaleMegaptera novaeangliae4
- Southern Right WhaleEubalaena australis3
- Cape GenetGenetta tigrina3
Birds
- Red-winged StarlingOnychognathus morio4 013
- Hartlaub's GullChroicocephalus hartlaubii1 797
- Orange-breasted SunbirdAnthobaphes violacea1 704
- Speckled PigeonColumba guinea1 664
- Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash1 650
- Cape White-eyeZosterops virens1 635
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca1 436
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris1 359
- Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata1 304
- Kelp GullLarus dominicanus1 209
- Cape Robin-ChatCossypha caffra1 204
- Cape SugarbirdPromerops cafer1 121
- Olive ThrushTurdus olivaceus1 121
- Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis1 071
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.