Grootbos Private Nature Reserve
Grootbos
An award-winning ecological reserve with luxury wooden lodges, offering 4x4 tours through fynbos flower fields and ancient thousand-year-old Milkwood forests.
Grootbos is a private nature reserve of about 2,500 hectares near Gansbaai, known for conserving fynbos vegetation and ancient Milkwood forests. Nearly 800 plant species have been recorded here, several of which are newly discovered. Guests can take part in botanical 4x4 tours, horseback riding, coastal hikes and whale watching. Non-guests can book botanical tours and lunch at the restaurant on the hillside, which overlooks Walker Bay. The reserve also runs community training programs and is one of the benchmarks for ecotourism in South Africa. Advance booking is required.
Opening hours
Reservation required
Nearby sights
- Platbos Forest
- Walker Bay Nature Reserve & Klipgat Cave
- Stanford
- Gansbaai Shark Cage Diving
- Dyer Island Marine Big Five Cruise
- Klein River Lagoon
- Danger Point Lighthouse
- Grotto Beach