Inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2004, the property is located at the South-Western extremity of South Africa. It measures nearly 90,000 square kilometers ! It is one of the world’s great centres of Terrestrial Biodiversity. The extended property includes National Parks, Nature Reserves, Wilderness Areas, State Forests and Mountain Catchment Areas. These elements add a significant number of endemic species associated with the Fynbos vegetation, a fine-leaved Sclerophyllic Shrubland adapted to both a Mediterranean climate and periodic fires, which is unique to the Cape Floral Region.
These areas include:
De Hoop Nature Reserve
Table Mountain
Baviaanskloof Mega Reserve
Cederberg Wilderness Area
Swartberg
Boland
Boosmansbos Wilderness Area
Groot Winterhoek Wilderness area
Cape Floral Region protected areas
Cape Floristic Region