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01 SMART LIVING HANDBOOK SILWERSTROOMSTRAND KOEBERG NATURE A practical sustainability guide for people living in to RESERVE make homes safer and to save money, while working to reduce their impact on our environment. In the interests of sustainability, we encourage you to download your copy of the handbook: N www.capetowngreenmap.co.za/smart-living THE GREAT GREEN GREEN ON YOUR CELL Use your Internet-enabled mobile TO ATLANTIS, MAMRE AND PELLA phone to fi nd what is green near OUTDOORS 60 you. Search by your suburb, As one of the few cities in the world with a national park and two followed by Cape Town. Eg: NATIONAL PARK (TMNP) World Heritage Sites (Table Mountain National Park and Robben Tokai, Cape Town Island) contained within its boundaries, Cape Town is surrounded @www.greenmap.org The Park is an important national asset, international tourist by incredible outdoor options. The ‘Mother City’ is also located in a Our Clean Outdoors destination and local recreation resource and is one of eight sights ‘’, the , and is recognised Meet Zibi, the city’s mascot for that constitute the Cape Floral Kingdom World Heritage Site. globally for its extraordinarily rich, diverse and unique fauna and fl ora. 02 waste and recycling. Zibi reminds you For information and access times visit: 20 that Cape Town is committed to working www.sanparks.org KIRSTENBOSCH NATIONAL M14 The city offers many ways to experience the great green outdoors. with waste and keeping our city and T 021 701 8692 Emergencies 0861 106 417 BOTANICAL GARDEN (SANBI) surroundings clean. This involves: 15 www.capetowngreenmap.co.za PARKLANDS TABLE MOUNTAIN (TMNP)  Implementing the Integrated World-renowned for showcasing CITY NATURE RESERVES Waste Management By-law the beauty and diversity of the This is a mountain of many moods, Cape’s fl ora.  Enabling waste minimisation offering hikers and climbers a range Rhodes Dr, Newlands T 021 799 8783  Providing waste collection services Table View of routes that vary from strolls to Cape Town has one of the highest densities of threatened species station 30 E [email protected] www.sanbi.org  Ensuring law enforcement rigorous hikes and climbs. in any metropolitan area on earth. The City of Cape Town’s 21 (TMNP) nature reserves and conservation areas are conserving critically 03 04 While enjoying the beauty of the 16 HOERIKWAGGO TRAIL (TMNP) endangered ecosystems. This globally important biodiversity is a Cape, please help the City uphold its commitment to keeping our city clean and Walk in the arboretum or ride valuable part of our heritage and also plays an important role in M14 preserving our heritage for future generations An iconic hiking trail traversing 75 your mountain bike in the R27 42 underpinning a healthy and sustainable urban environment. to enjoy. km through the Park. Travel in the adjacent mountainside of this TYGERVALLEY 05 footsteps of the Cape’s ancestors and peaceful setting, or use it as the For the complete list and information on the CAPE TOWN N1 experience the Hoerikwaggo – the starting point for a longer hike up 08 ZANDVLEI ESTUARY NATURE 14 City’s 16 nature reserves, please visit: GRANGER BAY 41 “mountain in the sea”. to Elephant’s Eye cave. www.capetown.gov.za/naturereserves RESERVE WATER CLUB V&A WATERFRONT M23 N1 BELLVILLE Bookings T 021 422 2816 Left off Tokai Rd at the Tokai where you can also download the City of 61-63 32 GOODWOOD GREEN POINT 25 45 E [email protected] Manor House Cape Town Nature Reserves book. 65-67 46 26 PAROW A large estuary on the CITY CENTRE R102 17 22 map overleaf TABLE MOUNTAIN AERIAL SILVERMINE (TMNP) 01 coastline. 48 WITZANDS AQUIFER NATURE 19 Civic CABLEWAY Centre 43 RESERVE Coniston Ave, Marina Da Gama. station SALT RIVER 47 MAP KEY T 021 701 7542 CLIFTON 18 70 Beautiful, sandstone , 31 PINELANDS E [email protected] WOODSTOCK KUILSRIVIER Travel to the summit of Table landscapes. Hiking, dog walking, 17 R102 Nature Reserves 16 Protecting the Atlantis aquifer, the 39 Mountain in less than 10 minutes, picnic sites and mountain biking. 09 M12 & Parks main water supply for Atlantis, 15 OBSERVATORY Southern Line Tourism enjoying 360° views of Cape Town. Gate One: Coming from Cape Town over Mamre and Pella communities. M3 ATHLONE GUGULETU Route Lower Station, Tafelberg Rd, Cape Town , turn right off M64. TABLE MOUNTAIN 71 64 33 Dassenberg Dr, Atlantis T 021 577 5000 49 T 021 424 8181 E [email protected] Gate Two: Pass Gate One and a few Views and scenic drive along the NATIONAL PARK NEWLANDS CAPE TOWN MyCiti Bus Routes E [email protected] M6 INTERNATIONAL www.tablemountain.net hundred metres on, turn left (no False Bay coastline. CLAREMONT Railway 27 AIRPORT mountain biking). 02 R102 18 BLAAUWBERG NATURE RESERVE Baden Powell Dr, 20 Blue Flag Beaches LIONS HEAD (TMNP) NYANGA 23 T 021 392 5134/5 DRIFTSANDS 22 (TMNP) N2 Visitor Info Centre E [email protected] KENILWORTH EDITH STEPHENS NATURE RESERVE M5 LLANDUDNO M3 NATURE RESERVE 50 Waste Drop-off Sites Visit the only viewpoint in the 10 PHILIPPI EERSTERIVIER A short, but steep, popular hike NATURE RESERVE WYNBERG 17 World famous for its unique world from which you can see two 28 that offers great views of the M7 proclaimed World Heritage Sites. N2 Atlantic seaboard, the city and Table colony of endangered African EDITION 56 PLUMSTEAD PHILIPPI Penguins. Otto du Plessis Dr, Bloubergstrand 51 29 M5 Mountain. CAPE TOWN - GREEN BY DESIGN Favourites with children are tame HORTICULTURAL MITCHELLS T 021 554 0957 E [email protected] 1 Kleintuin Rd, Seaforth, off Main Rd bontebok and large leopard tortoises. 57 68 69 M3 M38 AREA PLAIN Rd, Cape Town FIND IT - LIVE IT! 35 36 past Simon’s Town 03 TABLEBAY NATURE RESERVE: Boasts a museum, shop and 19 4 M17 SIGNAL HILL (TMNP) RIETVLEI SECTION indigenous nursery. 40 34 ZEEKOEIVLEI SCHAAPKRAAL 10 24 (TMNP) © Bruce Sutherland, City of Cape Town 37 Verster Ave, T 021 851 6982 RONDEVLEI 07 MACASSAR 21 TOKAI E helderbergnature.reserve@capetown. RETREAT 09 It is from here that the noon day gov.za 38 06 N2 One of the top tourist destinations A birder’s paradise! R310 gun marks 12:00 in Cape Town ZANDVLEI MNANDI MACASSAR DUNES 44 (except Sundays). Great views of in South . Discover the 11 STEENBRAS NATURE RESERVE CHAPMAN’S PEAK 08 FALSE BAY Grey Ave, Table View. T 021 557 5509 22 NATURE RESERVE SOMERSET WEST Robben Island. most south-western point on the E [email protected] 52 STRANDFONTEIN African continent (the southern 55 M64 16 59 Signal Hill Rd, Cape Town This printed Green Map presents a selection of most point is at Cape Agulhas). 04 DURBANVILLE NATURE RESERVE One of the most scenic coastal TABLE MOUNTAIN NOORDHOEK options – for a more complete listing, further routes skirts the eastern side of False NATIONAL PARK Plateau Rd, (SILVERMINE) information and current news and updates Bay. A great spot for whale-watching. View critically endangered Swartland STRAND please visit www.capetowngreenmap.co.za Gordon’s Bay - 8km along Clarence Dr 53 False Bay N2 shale and 13 T 021 856 5605 PARKS & GARDENS sand fynbos. M6 E [email protected] 58 54 M65 Seal Island 12 The map encourages people to live and play Racecourse Rd, Durbanville T 021 970 3097 more sustainably and to make ‘greener’ lifestyle 12 E [email protected] HARMONY FLATS NATURE GORDON’S BAY 25 27 choices. All sites are listed free and are selected RESERVE N2 GREEN POINT URBAN PARK from www.capetowngreenmap.co.za. If you meet 05 NATURE RESERVE BIKINI BEACH the criteria, please submit your information online and stand the chance of being featured on the Spring Flowers Open air venue, grassed areas, One of the richest collections of website and in future print editions. Magnifi cent 360° views of the City. SIMON’S TOWN dog walking, water features and exotic trees and shrubs in South 11th Ave, Strand. T 021 851 6982 picnicking, adjacent to the Cape Africa. @capetwngreenmap Main gate: Totius St, Welgemoed. E harmonyfl [email protected] FALSE BAY YACHT CLUB 11 Town . The Biodiversity Main Rd, Claremont T 021 689 8102/3 Secondary gate: Meyboom Ave, Plattekloof SCARBOROUGH Facebook Capetowngreenmap 23 Showcase Garden allows children to T 021 913 5695 experience the amazing diversity of 28 MAYNARDVILLE PARK E [email protected] plants and animals from the Cape, 06 FALSE BAY NATURE RESERVE: CONSERVATION AREAS and to learn about environmental Also visit the newly launched Joburg Green Map: RONDEVLEI SECTION issues that are impacting our Provides recreational and cultural biodiversity today. Locally crafted opportunities for all. www.joburggreenmap.co.za 13 LOWER SILVERMINE RIVER WETLANDS (PUBLIC OPEN SPACE) sculptures, mosaics and interpretive Cnr of Church and Wolfe Sts, Wynberg A bird sanctuary and home to Cape panels will keep you intrigued and T 021 762 9180/1/2 Town’s resident hippo population. informed. 29 Cnr of Perth Rd and Fisherman’s Walk, Small fynbos marshland and an Bay Rd, Green Point . T 021 706 2404 24 The Cape Town Green Map grew out important breeding site for the TABLE MOUNTAIN T 021 417 0101 or 021 430 7399 E [email protected] NATIONAL PARK of Green Goal 2010, the environmental endangered Western Leopard Toad. 26 THE COMPANY’S GARDEN The spring of the Krakeelwater programme of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. 07 FALSE BAY NATURE RESERVE: River begins here. See vestiges of The Host City Cape Town Green Goal 2010 Off Main Rd, between Clovelly and Fish Hoek SECTION CAPE OF GOOD HOPE the silver trees, once prevalent in programme was awarded the International 14 INTAKA ISLAND Olympic Committee (IOC) Sport and A green jewel in the heart of a the area. Environment Award in 2011. bustling metropolis that is the Cnr of Klaasens and Trovato Link Rds, The largest inland water body in the remaining half of the Dutch Wynberg A unique example of conservation city and a popular picnicking, sailing vegetable garden planted in the and private property development. 30 and fi shing spot. 1650s and overlaid by a later DURBANVILLE ROSE GARDEN Zeekoevlei Rd, Pelican Park. T 021 706 2404 6 Park Lane, Century City T 021 552 6889 Victorian ‘romantic garden’. E [email protected] E [email protected] www.intaka.co.za Queen Victoria St, Cape Town For the rose enthusiast during The Cape Town Green Map is part of Green T 021 400 2521 summer! Map System’s global community of local CAPE POINT green maps and is powered online by the Rd, Durbanville T 021 970 3129 Icons © Green Map System, Inc. 2009. www.opengreenmap.org mapping platform. All rights reserved. Green Map® is a registered ICONS trademark and used with permission. CITY Shark spottING PROGRAMME BLUE FLAG BEACHES Nature Culture & Society Sustainable Living WASTE & RECYCLING Waste minimisation is a key focus of the City of Nature Reserve Community Garden Healthy Dining A GREEN fl ag means visibility Important: No fl ag means that & marinas Cape Town. Drop-off facilities help citizens practise Indigenous Plants Child-friendly Social Enterprise for the spotters is good, and shark spotters are not on duty. • Silwerstroomstrand ‘reduce, reuse and recycle’ principles. All it takes is no sharks have been seen. • Granger Bay Water Club (marina) Eco-tour/Nature Walk Cultural Performances Eco-Agriculture a new mindset - think twice. Separation at source is 7 days a week 8 am to 6 pm: the key. Many City of Cape Town drop-off facilities A BLACK fl ag means visibility • Clifton 4th Beach Bird and Wildlife Watching Eco-Information Green Store • Muizenberg corner for the spotters is poor, but no • Camps Bay Find which accept the following waste items: Garden • Llandudno Park/Recreation Area Environmental Education Fairtrade sharks have been seen. • St James beach fi sh species waste, motor oil, cans and metal, paper, • Fish Hoek • False Bay Yacht Club (marina) Coastal Habitat Museum Recycle make for cardboard, glass, plastic, builder’s Publishers of special interest maps • Muizenberg Beach partnering with the City to bring you A RED fl ag means a shark has the greenest rubble, e-waste and polystyrene. Specifi c • Noordhoek (The Hoek) • Strandfontein Wetlands Organic/Local Food Re-use the Cape Town Green Map. To view all been seen recently, but is no seafood recyclables accepted vary per site. For their maps visit www.mapmyway.co.za Check website for additional • Mnandi choices. SMS longer visible to the spotters. Garden Ecotourism Resource Bicycle a downloadable map of the drop-off T +27 21 685 4260 beaches and times of year that • Bikini Beach (Gordon’s Bay) the name of CAPE TOWN E [email protected] A WHITE fl ag with a BLACK Green Building Alternative Fuel facilities and details of the City’s ‘Think spotters are on duty. Wildlife Centre the fi sh you Live it! SHARK, along with a loud For more beach info, Twice’ recycling collection programme, Wildlife Habitat Wheelchair Friendly Eco-Products wish to Love it! Printed on SAPPI Triple Green paper, an environmentally- siren, means a shark has www.sharkspotters.org.za download the Beaches book query to and private recycling services, visit: friendly paper stock made from chlorine-free sugar cane been sighted. Leave the water Shark Spotters: C 078 174 4244 at www.capetown.gov.za/environment Scenic Vista Farmers/Local Market Public Transport 079 499 8795. www.capetowngreenmap.co.za/recycling GREENER! fi bre, to support sustainable afforestation in . immediately! Emergency: T 021 480 7700 © 2012