Brenton Blue Butterfly Special Nature Reserve

Brenton Blue Butterfly Special Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in Knysna Local Municipality, Garden Route District Municipality, Western Cape. Brenton Blue Butterfly Special Nature Reserve is situated nearby to the village Brenton-on-Sea, as well as near the suburb Fisher Haven.

Type: Nature reserve
Description: Reserve for the conservation of the Brenton Blue Butterfly
Also known as: “Brenton Blue Butterfly Nature Reserve” and “Brenton Blue Butterfly Reserve”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Featherbed Nature Reserve and Leisure Island.

Featherbed Nature Reserve

Nature reserve

Featherbed Nature Reserve is a privately owned nature reserve on the Western Headland of the Knysna River Estuary on South Africa’s Garden Route. It was founded by South African television teacher, William Smith, on land that was bought in the 1950s by his…

Leisure Island

Island

Photo: Rooiratel, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Knysna and Brenton-on-Sea.

Knysna

Photo: Andresdewet, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Knysna, pearl of the scenic Garden Route, sits between George and Plettenberg Bay. Perennially green thanks to a Mediterranean Maritime climate with rain falling throughout the year, Knysna is mantled by indigenous forests extending into the Tsitsikamma National Park area.