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Photograph by Joe Smereczansky

Visitor Centre Closure

Oct 30, 2026

Friends of the Helderberg Nature Reserve
Visitor Centre Closure from November 2, 2026

Dear Friends,

Due to a long overdue refurbishment of the Visitor Centre building, we will be closed to the public from November 2 to at least November 20.

*During this period all general enquiries and walk bookings can be emailed to info@helderbergnaturereserve.co.za.
*All membership queries can be emailed to membership@helderbergnaturereserve.co.za
*The following cell numbers can be used for general enquiries between 10h00-16h00: 079 719 0757 and 082 868 6545

We regret any inconvenience caused and look forward to the opening of a newly refreshed building.

Kind Regards
Friends of the Helderberg Nature Reserve
062-777-NPO / 130002827 PBO

Verster Avenue
Somerset West • 7130
Phone/Fax: (021) 851-4060

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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2026

May 1, 2026

FRIENDS OF THE HELDERBERG NATURE RESERVE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
13 May 2026 at 5.00pm
Environmental Centre
Committee member nomination forms are also available from the Visitor Centre.
Please click on the documents below for your consideration:
AGM 2026 Agenda
AGM 2025 Minutes

Cape Leopard Trust

Apr 27, 2026

“The Cape Leopard Trust (CLT) Research team is thrilled to share some feedback from our recently completed large-scale camera trap survey of the Boland Mountain Complex (BMC). The CLT BMC survey area stretches from Bainskloof in the north, southwards through the Limietberg, Jonkershoek, Hottentots-Holland mountains and Groenlandberg to the Kogelberg coast in the south.
The Helderberg basin also played host to 5 camera stations, placed inside the Helderberg Nature Reserve as well as on Lourensford and Vergelegen. Several mammal species, including leopards, were photographed at these cameras.  Notably we picked up BM36 (Boland Male #36, aka Somila), a dominant territorial male that first appeared on CLT camera traps in 2022, as well as BF29 (Ntombi) an adult female that we’ve been photographing since 2019.
For more updates about the survey, the challenges we faced and the variety of animals we photographed, please go to bit.ly/BMCupdate2025”
Information: Jeannie Hayward Communications and Media Manager

MARCH 2023 NEWSLETTER

Mar 17, 2023

Mar 17, 2023 | News
The Friends Newsletter for March 2023 is available as a pdf. Click HERE to read our newsletter.