Best places: Nature preserves in Sweet Valley, South Africa

Popular, screw-top hiking trail boasting panoramic views of the city alongside coastal views.

👍👍 Situated in the Silvermine Nature Reserve - you need to pay an entrance fee or use your Wild Card membership. Beautiful surroundings with a planked walkaway around the dam and some awesome picnic spots. No dogs allowed on the one section of the dam. Great for swimming especially after a long hike.

Tip of the Cape Peninsula forming part of a protected wildlife reserve with picnic spots and walks.

The area around Helderberg Mountain is protected & houses picnic spots, trails & a visitor center.

Sheltered public bay with a sandy beach & boardwalk, plus free-roaming colony of African penguins.

Nature reserve including the Jonkershoek Mountains, with hiking, biking, waterfalls & swimming.

👍👍 The penguins are so adorable that it will make you not wanna leave the place. It is refreshing to see penguins swimming and sun bathing while us (human beings) watch them relax.

👍👍 What a wonderful and peaceful place to go for a walk and clear your mind. The trail is practically surrounded by a wide assortment of forest trees and plants, providing a cool shade, and beauty for the eye to behold. It's the ideal location to go for a walk with both kids and dogs alike.

Scenic recreation area with a network of hiking & biking trails, picnic spots & expansive vistas.

Hilly haven for birds & tortoises, known for nature walks, trail running & views of Cape Town.

👍 Small níce reserve along the R 27 north of Bloubergstrand. Close to Big Bay beach, 🌊🌊🏞️ a more natural beach than the popular Bloubergstrand Beach. Grassy landscape and small dunes behind the beach lane. Unfortunately I was there on a light misty day. I hardly could see the Table Mountain to take...

👍👍 Peaceful. Beautiful views. Rest for the soul. Lovely walks for children and dogs through forest and fynbos. Coffee and a bite to eat available at the Secret Forest Café which closes at 1 pm on Tues - Fri, and at 3 pm on Sun.

👍👍 Beautiful place for an early morning or early evening jog or stroll with the family. My wife, daughters and our 4 year old walked around the common in +30min. Really great experience seeing many joggers and strollers enjoying the scenery and the tranquility. Beautifully kept oasis. 10 months later…...

👍 Stunning. Enjoyed every moment

Nature trails & boat tours through a vast wetland reserve with roaming hippos & wading birds.

21-hectare preserve offering footpaths in an indigenous forest landscape with diverse wildlife.

Split into flat & mountainous areas, this celebrated park features multiuse trails & picnic space.

👍👍 Went up to the secret waterfall. Was about 7Km and took about 2hrs with 360M elevation.

😐 This was a fun chill ride in the past especially to take newbies there, however its been closed for so long. Is there no way to reassess and look at re opening. Surely nature lovers and cyclists will have no impact on any repairs being carried out.

👍👍 This is a really easy-going hike/walk in Simon’s Town. It only takes around 10-15 minutes to get to the waterfall which makes it great for casual hikers and children. The views are overlooking Simon’s Town harbour, the ocean, and the surrounding mountains. We went on a wet day which made the rocks...