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Conservation Areas Within the Overberg District Municipality CONSERVATION AREAS WITHIN THE OVERBERG DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY The tables below list the statutory conservation areas in the Overberg District Municipality. Table 1: Provincial Nature Reserves (Refer to Map 1) PROVINCIAL NATURE RESERVES NO. CONSERVATION AREA TOWN / VICINITY SIZE 1 Kogelberg Nature Reserve Kleinmond 19 407 ha 2 Hottentots-Holland Nature Reserve Grabouw 27 037 ha 3 Theewaters Nature Reserve Villiersdorp 14 182 ha 4 Groenlandberg Nature Reserve Grabouw 5 121 ha 5 Houwhoek Nature Reserve Botriver 3 257 ha 6 Mt Hebron Nature Reserve Kleinmond 756 ha 7 Botrivier Nature Reserve Kleinmond 273 ha 8 Babilonstoring Nature Reserve Kleinmond 778 ha 9 Maanschynkop Nature Reserve Hermanus 784 ha 10 Walkerbay Nature Reserve Hermanus 3 586 ha 11 Uilkraalsmond Nature Reserve Franskraal 805 ha 12 Pearly Beach Nature Reserve Pearly Beach 630 ha 13 Soetfontein Nature Reserve Pearly Beach 54 ha 14 Quoin Point Nature Reserve Sandbaai 1 149 ha 15 Salmonsdam Nature Reserve Stanford 839 ha 16 Riviersonderend Nature Reserve Riviersonderend 25 009 ha 17 Marloth Nature Reserve Swellendam 11 237 ha 18 Warmwaterberg Nature Reserve Barrydale 2 693 ha 19 Zuurberg Nature Reserve Barrydale 1 232 ha 20 De Hoop Nature Reserve Infanta 32 278 ha 21 Waenhuiskrans Nature Reserve Waenhuiskrans 266 ha 22 De Mond Nature Reserve Agulhas 927 ha 23 Soetendalsvlei Nature Reserve Agulhas 414 ha 1 Dennis Moss Partnership Inc. Table 2: Local Authority Nature Reserves (Refer to Map 2) LOCAL AUTHORITY NATURE RESERVES NO. CONSERVATION AREA TOWN / VICINITY SIZE 1 Kleinmond Coast & Mountain Nature Reserve Kleinmond 671 ha 2 Villiersdorp Nature Reserve Villiersdorp 530 ha 3 Greyton Nature Reserve Greyton 2 069 ha 4 Caledon Nature Reserve Caledon 261 ha 5 Fernkloof Nature Reserve Hermanus 1 379 ha 6 Heuningberg Nature Reserve Bredasdorp 904 ha Table 3: Private Nature Reserves (Refer to Map 3) PRIVATE NATURE RESERVES NO. CONSERVATION AREA TOWN / VICINITY SIZE 1 Sea Farm Private Nature Reserve (PNR) Betty’s Bay 259 ha 2 Ruvami PNR Grabouw / 3 Hoek-van-die-Berg PNR Kleinmond / 4 Klein Houwhoek PNR Grabouw 1 158 ha 5 Eagle Rock PNR Villiersdorp / 6 Diepklowe PNR Villiersdorp 213 ha 7 Witdraai PNR Villiersdorp 1 053 ha 8 Klein Ezeljagt PNR Villiersdorp 153 ha 9 Fynbosrand PNR Caledon 104 ha 10 Vogelgat PNR Hermanus 605 ha 11 Waterfall PNR Hermanus 140 ha 12 Oude Bosch PNR Hermanus 579 ha 13 Coppul PNR Hermanus 91 ha 14 Kleinrivier PNR Hermanus 622 ha 15 Chaynouqua PNR Hermanus 59 ha 16 Waterkop PNR Hermanus 309 ha 17 Fairhill PNR Hermanus 274 ha 18 Grootbos PNR Gansbaai 121 ha 2 Dennis Moss Partnership Inc. NO. CONSERVATION AREA TOWN / VICINITY SIZE 19 Pierre Jeanne Gerberg PNR Gansbaai 22 ha 20 Langverwacht PNR Gansbaai 8 ha 21 Kleyn Kloof PNR Pearly Beach 27 ha 22 Groot Hagelkraal PNR Pearly Beach 1 320 ha 23 Sandies PNR Napier 132 ha 24 Jan Malherbe PNR Napier 244 ha 25 Brandfontein-Rietfontein PNR Agulhas 5 900 ha 26 Brian Mansergh PNR Agulhas 84 ha 27 Renosterkop PNR Agulhas 794 ha 28 Rhenosterkop PNR Agulhas 210 ha 29 The Lagoon 2 PNR Agulhas 39 ha 30 Freshwater Sands Agulhas 781 ha 31 Andrewsfield PNR Agulhas 983 ha 32 Heunings River PNR Agulhas 292 ha 33 San Sebastian PNR Infanta 457 ha 34 Klipfontein PNR Barrydale 2 540 ha 35 Botterboom PNR Barrydale 705 ha 36 Kanaland PNR Barrydale 720 ha 37 Hasekraal PNR Barrydale 1 179 ha Table 4: Conservancies (Refer to Map 4) CONSERVANCIES NO. CONSERVATION AREA TOWN / VICINITY SIZE 1 The De Draay Conservancy Kleinmond 3 887 ha 2 Groenland Conservancy Grabouw 22 201 ha 3 Theewaters Conservancy Villiersdorp 22 306 ha 4 Klein Swartberg Conservancy Caledon 14 857 ha 5 Kleinriviersberg Conservancy Hermanus 1 860 ha 6 Walker Bay Fynbos Conservancy Hermanus 10 825 ha 7 Akkedisberg Conservancy Hermanus 7 197 ha 8 Blinkwater Conservancy Napier 646 ha 3 Dennis Moss Partnership Inc. NO. CONSERVATION AREA TOWN / VICINITY SIZE 9 Lower Breede River Conservancy Infanta 34 061 ha 10 Grootvadersbosch Conservancy Swellendam 17 548 ha Table 5: Mountain Catchment Areas (Refer to Map 5) MOUNTAIN CATCHMENT AREAS NO. CONSERVATION AREA TOWN / VICINITY SIZE 1 Hottentots-Hollan Mountain Catchment Area Grabouw 10 030 ha (MCA) 2 Hawequas MCA Villiersdorp 33 087 ha 3 Riviersonderend MCA Riviersonderend 45 278 ha 4 Langeberg-Wes MCA Barrydale 63 315 ha Table 6: Island Reserves (Refer to Map 6) ISLAND RESERVES NO. CONSERVATION AREA TOWN / VICINITY SIZE 1 Dyer & Geyser Island Reserve Gansbaai 214 ha Table 7: Marine Reserves (Refer to Map 6) MARINE RESERVES NO. CONSERVATION AREA TOWN / VICINITY SIZE 2 De Hoop Marine Reserve Waenhuiskrans 31 830 Table 7: South African National Parks (Refer to Map 7) SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL PARKS NO. CONSERVATION AREA TOWN / VICINITY SIZE 1 Agulhas National Park Agulhas 7 960 2 Bontebok National Park Swellendam 3 355 4 Dennis Moss Partnership Inc. Table 8: National Heritage Sites (Refer to Map 7) NATIONAL HERITAGE SITES NO. CONSERVATION AREA TOWN / VICINITY SIZE 3 Sea Farm National Heritage Site (NHS) Betty’s Bay 88 m2 4 Krabbefontein NHS Grabouw 86 m2 5 Barkai NHS Grabouw / 6 Boontjieskraal NHS Caledon 84 m2 7 Drayton Siding NHS Caledon 157 m2 8 Vogelgat NHS Hermanus 459 m2 9 Groothagelkraal NHS Agulhas 827 m2 10 Brandfontein NHS Agulhas 210 m2 11 Paapekuilfontein NHS Agulhas 425 m2 5 Dennis Moss Partnership Inc. .
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