The City of Cape Town’s Blaauwberg Nature Reserve and Table Bay Nature Reserve will be hosting a fun and entertaining holiday programme during the June/July school holidays. The programme will run over a period of two weeks, from Monday 25 June to Friday 6 July.
The aim of the holiday programme is to teach children about the environment in a fun, but educational way, with art and craft activities as well as theme based games.
The first week will be spent at the Blaauwberg Nature Reserve where the children will learn about sea shells and how to make interesting crafts from these. They will also learn about a few local reptiles and make their own reptile box. The week will end with a good workout and an opportunity to save our unique and irreplaceable Fynbos by helping with the removal of invasive plant species and enjoying the beautiful view from the top of the Blaauwberg Hill.
During the second week the programme will continue at Table Bay Nature Reserve. At the Rietvlei Section of the reserve, participants will visit various bird hides while learning about the bird life found there. They will also have the chance to test their survival skills in an ‘Ultimate Survivor’ game. At the Milnerton Racecourse Section participants will search for the ‘Little Five’ and enjoy a fun ‘Wetland Adventure!’
Activities, which are all weather dependent, will start at 09:00 and end at approximately 12:30 daily. The programme will be aimed at children between the ages of 8 and14 years. Due to limited space, bookings should be made in advance. Bookings open on Monday 18 June and close on Friday 22 June.
The programme activities are as follows:
For more information regarding the programme or to make a booking, please contact Elzette Krynauw at elzette.krynauw@capetown.gov.za
For more information on the City’s more than 30 nature reserves and natural areas, please visit www.capetown.gov.za/naturereserves
