Welcome to our news update for the last few months! We are very excited to share our progress in getting the Protected Environment established, our partnership with the Cape Leopard Trust and our recent moss discoveries. Thank you to all of our members for your ongoing support and commitment to the incredible environment of which we […]
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Wildlife Monitoring
Our objective is to create an understanding of the wildlife communities occupying the WBFC. We also need to identify the routes and corridor networks utilized by wildlife, in order to identify high conservation priority corridors. Using a 5 km squared grid system, and a central camera trap in each, we collect data sets of 3 […]
Botanical Surveys
Botanical surveys are an active part of the work we do at the Walker Bay Fynbos Conservancy. One of our missions is to map the last remaining patches of critically endangered Elim ferricete fynbos in the Overberg area. Our vision is to link the Walker Bay area with the Cape Agulhas region. This area is […]
Riders loving the Klipspringer Mtb
Having opened the 30km Klipspringer mtb trail in the Walker Bay Fynbos Conservancy on the 10 th Decmber 2016 we have had some great feed back about the route from riders over the Christmas holidays. The tough climb up through Farm 215 is rewarded by magnificent views and an incredible diverity of fynbos. This King […]
Launch of Klipspringer mountain bike ...
After many years of planning we are very excited to launch the Klipspringer Mountain bike trail on the Walker Bay Fynbos Conservancy. This is the first in a series of new mountain biking routes that will be launched within the conservancy during 2017. The Klipspringer mtb trail is a 30km circular route traversing five private […]
Reaching the Thousands
Over the last few months, our teams have been actively doing botanical surveys at various farms along the Walker Bay Fynbos Conservancy. We have proud to say our species list as grown from 989 to 1017 species, making us home to about 10% of the beautiful plant diversity found within the Cape Floral Kingdom. The […]