Kick off spring on a wild note and visit 19 national parks and 24 nature reserves this September for free. During SANParks Week and CapeNature Free Access Week, South African day visitors pay no entry fees to discover South Africa’s natural heritage.
SANParks Week 2018
From 10 to 14 September 2018, South African citizens have the opportunity to enter all 19 national parks and not pay a cent in entrance fees. Answer this: How can you find pride in SA’s natural wonders when you have never experienced them for yourself?
Take a look at the list of SANParks destinations and make it your mission to explore our natural heritage during this free-access week for all day visitors.
Parks famous for their landmarks
Good to know
- Free access is granted to all South African day visitors with an official identity document. Children under the age of 16 will be allowed free access without proof of identity.
- Free access does not include accommodation and any commercial activities in the park such as guided safaris or guided walks.
- As some of the national parks will be extending SANParks Week 2018 to include the weekend, visit the SANParks website for individual park dates.
Garden Route National Park
Visitors to the Garden Route National Park will enjoy an extra day of free access on 15 September 2018. Best of all is that free access includes all park gates:
- Wilderness Section: Ebb & Flow Rest Camp, Goudveld, Farleigh, Woodville
- Knysna Lake Section: Diepwalle, Harkerville
- Tsitsikamma Section: Nature’s Valley, Storms River Rest Camp
Your Garden Route wildlife wish list
- Knysna seahorse
- Knysna turaco
- Cape clawless otter
- Knysna dwarf chameleon
- African penguin
CapeNature Free Access Week 2018
CapeNature’s 24 reserves protect and conserve some of the Western Cape’s most precious fauna: Cape leopards in the Cederberg, African penguins at Bird Island, critically endangered riverine rabbits at Anysberg and the incredibly scarce geometric tortoise – to mention but a few.
From 17 to 24 September 2018 visitors will pay no conservation fees when entering any of the CapeNature reserves open to the public. Take note that normal rates and access fees apply for any accommodation booked online or via CapeNature’s Central Reservations.
Unforgettable activities at CapeNature
- Mountain biking in Anysberg
- Swimming in Limietberg’s mountain pools
- Paddling on the Keurbooms River
- Birding from a specialist hide
- Whale watching
Thanks for the free entry, but you must realize it’s of no use to the normal South Africans that is working during the period 10 to 14th September (which is a weekday) and the children is at school. If you made it over the weekend perhaps the working citizens could attend. Every year you make this offer available but the majority of the citizens can’t attend due to work obligations over the period the offer is valid.
And who is going to travel very far just for a day in the park to get the free offer?
Too many restrictions to actually take advantage of this “Offer”… weekdays, distance, day visitors only !!!