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bustling metropolis that is the opportunities to all.
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of our heritage and also KENILWORTH
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25 PHILIPPI EERSTERIVIER T 021 701 8692 One of the richest collections
in underpinning a healthy
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offering hikers and climbers a range of to Elephant’s Eye cave. T 021 970 3129
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on the City’s more than 30 nature reserves
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53 58 Manor House
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ECOLOGY PARK
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Town Nature Reserves booklet. 88
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Cableway
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Bike & Saddle
(SILVERMINE)
85 MUIZENBERG Beautiful, sandstone fynbos
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98 Seal Island R44 in less than 10 minutes, enjoying 360° mountain biking.
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FISH HOEK views of Cape Town.

A bird sanctuary and home to Cape KOMMETJIE
Lower Station, Tafelberg Rd, Cape Town
Town’s resident hippo population. Visit the only viewpoint in the world M65
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T 021 424 8181
Cnr of Perth Rd and Fisherman’s Walk, from which you can see two proclaimed GORDON’S BAY R44 E info@tablemountain.net
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World Heritage Sites. M65

T 021 706 2404 False Bay

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2nd Edition www.rondevlei.co.za T 021 554 0957
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Reserve 08 Rietvlei Wetland Reserve GREEN ON offers great views of the Atlantic
seaboard, the city and
A large estuary on the False Bay
A birders’ paradise! M65
Use WWF's South African Sustainable
Seafood Initiative (SASSI) FishMS YOUR CELL Table Mountain.
coastline. Use your Internet-enabled
This printed Green Map presents a selection of options – service to find which fish species Signal Hill (TMNP)
TRANSPORT
Grey Ave, Table View 17
Coniston Ave, Marina Da Gama mobile phone to find what
for a more complete listing, further information and current T 021 701 7542 T 021 557 5509
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you wish to query to 079 499 8795 followed by Cape Town. gun marks 12:00 in Cape Town City Transport Guide
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Example: Tokai, Cape Town Available at all Cape Town Tourism Visitor Information Centres.
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For enquiries and information Dial 0800 65 64 63
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It is a legacy project that will continue post 2010 as an invaluable source
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encourages people to live more sustainably and to make “greener” Wetlands (Public Open Space) 10 Tygerberg Nature Reserve T 021 799 8783 Discover the most south-western E trips@bikeandsaddle.com

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www.capetowngreenmap.co.za. Magnificent 360° views of the City. Promenade - Camps Bay -
Small fynbos marshland is an Visit Cape Town’s attractions on a V&A Waterfront (Blue Tour)
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WASTE &
and Fish Hoek
11 Durbanville Nature Reserve a strong focus on the sparing use of
Goals by leaving a lighter footprint
3. Sky View: Kloofnek - Signal Hill -
05 Mamre Nature Garden BLUE FLAG BEACHES natural resources. Lions Head - Bo-Kaap. (White Tour)

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The Cape Town Green Map is part of Green Map Rich in biodiversity and with an
View critically endangered Swartland
shale renosterveld and Cape Flats
RECYCLING Many City nature reserves and public
open spaces listed on the map have
“Friends” groups affiliated to the Wildlife
For more info on the International
Blue Flag Beach Programme go to
T 021 511 6000
www.citysightseeing.co.za
4. The Bay View: Foreshore - Table Bay
- Bloubergstrand Beach -Blue Peter
Restaurant (Yellow Tour)
www.blueflag.org
interesting cultural history. sand fynbos. Waste minimisation is a key
System’s global community of local green maps and Environment Society of SA (WESSA) The Green Cab
and powered online by the Open Green Map Main Rd, Mamre. Racecourse Rd, Durbanville focus of the City of Cape Town. and consist of community members who
•Camps Bay By Bike
By prior arrangement only Drop-off facilities help citizens •Clifton 4th Beach •Bikini Beach (Gordons Bay)
mapping platform. T 021 970 3097 have banded together to conserve, Join the green drive with this low
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With unique global icons and adaptable tools, Green recycle’ principles. All it takes natural area. Table Mountain National Park - Cape Point one location, ride it and drop it
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Map System has engaged over 600 communities 06 Witzands Aquifer is a new mindset - think twice. View details of these groups and their carbon footprint. Affordable, reliable ever-expanding network.
in 55 countries in mapping green living, nature and Conservation Area Separation at source is the key. websites at www.wessa.org.za
cultural resources since 1995. Green Maps chart a Favourites with children are tame Many City of Cape Town drop- CITY Shark spotters PROGRAMME and safe transfers
and tours.
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Protecting the Atlantis aquifer, the  GREEN flag means visibility for the
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Boasts a museum, shop and an waste items: Garden waste, that shark spotters
Visit www.greenmap.org for more information. main water supply for Atlantis, Mamre indigenous nursery. motor oil, cans and metal,
spotters is good, and no sharks have
are not on duty
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and Pella communities. Camps Bay Beach been seen. www.thegreencab.co.za
Tourism Route 
Verster Ave, Somerset West paper, cardboard, glass, plastic,
Dassenberg Dr, Atlantis A BLACK flag means visibility for the 7 days a week 8am to 6pm
Find out more about Cape Town’s commitment to T 021 851 6982 builder’s rubble, e-waste and Cyclecabs An affordable daily train pass gives
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been seen. • St James beach
at making the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ event as accepted vary per site. stations along the scenic rail route
13 Kogelberg Nature Reserve A RED flag means a shark has been • Fish Hoek Pedal-powered cabs provide
environmentally friendly as possible. The action plan through the southern suburbs and
seen recently, but is no longer visible • Noordhoek (The Hoek) transport for tourists and locals in
includes 41 projects relating to energy, waste, water, For a downloadable map of the along rugged coastline.
City of Cape Town’s drop-off to the spotters. Check website for additional central Cape Town and surrounds.
transport, hospitality and sustainable lifestyles. One of the most scenic coastal facilities and details of the A WHITE flag with a BLACK beaches and times of year that Dedicated to employment creation Cape Town, Observatory,
Newlands, Muizenberg,
routes skirts the large Kogelberg City’s ‘Think Twice’ recycling SHARK, along with a loud siren, spotters are on duty. and promotion of entrepreneurs. Kalk Bay, Fish Hoek and
Nature Reserve. collection programme, and private
recycling services, visit: www.
means a shark has been sighted, www.sharkspotters.org.za
T 021 480 7700
T 0861 745 547 / 072 907 7333 Simon’s Town Stations
Gordon’s Bay - 8km along the R44 and bathers should leave the www.cyclecabs.co.za www.capemetrorail.co.za
capetowngreenmap.co.za/recycling
water immediately.
Rietvlei Wetland Reserve T 021 856 5605
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