Tygerberg Nature Reserve
Tygerberg Nature Reserve is a 300-hectare nature reserve in the Tierberg range of hills in the northern suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa. In 1657 the 7 km long range of hills became known as Luipaerts Berghen, named for the characteristic spots, or “heuweltjies”, which dot its slopes and are visible from afar.Photo: Abu Shawka, CC0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tygerberg High School and Mountain View Academy.
Tygerberg High School
School
Photo: Barry Ne, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hoërskool Tygerberg is a public Afrikaans-English medium co-educational high school situated in Parow in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is a government-funded school, established in 1954.
Mountain View Academy
School
Mountain View Academy is a South African private school situated in Cape Town's northern suburb, Plattekloof Glen. Established in 2006, it features a primary school.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Parow and Goodwood.
Parow
Town
Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Parow is the suburb of the City of Cape Town in the Western Cape, South Africa and a Northern Suburb of the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality founded by Johann Heinrich Ferdinand Parow who arrived in the locality in 1865.
Goodwood
Suburb
Goodwood is a suburb of Cape Town in the Western Cape, South Africa and is situated in the Tygerberg region of the City of Cape Town. It is 10 kilometres from Cape Town and accessible from the N1, N7 and N2 highways.
Bothasig
Suburb
Bothasig is a northern suburb of the City of Cape Town in Western Cape, South Africa. It is located north of Edgemead and east of Milnerton. It is located approximately 15 km north-east of the Cape Town City Centre.
Tygerberg Nature Reserve
- Type: Nature reserve
- Description: nature reserve in Cape Town, South Africa
- Categories: protected area and recreation area
- Location: City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-33.8587° or 33° 51′ 31″ southLongitude
18.5883° or 18° 35′ 18″ eastOpen location code
4FRW4HRQ+G8OpenStreetMap ID
way 35819160OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserveWikidata ID
Q7859845
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Satellite Map
Discover Tygerberg Nature Reserve from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From German to Turkish—“Tygerberg Nature Reserve” goes by many names.
- German: “Tygerberg Nature Reserve”
- Turkish: “Tygerberg Doğa Koruma Alanı”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Van Riebeeckshof and Plattekloof.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Tygerberg and Blanc de Noir Park.
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