Friends of Rietvlei - Conserve our wetlands

Welcome to the Friends of Rietvlei Website

Please note that the entrance fees and other tariffs for the Rietvlei Wetland Reserve has been revised as from 1 July 2010. » Click here to view the new Tariffs page «

Have you seen this snake in the Cape Town area? The Biodiversity Management Branch of the City of Cape Town is undertaking research to find out whether the Rinkhals still occurs in the greater Cape Town area. It is an important predator and part of our unique biodiversity. » Click here to read more about this interesting project and how you can help.

Our August Newsletter is now available, see our Newsletter page for more details.

Fantastic Picture of Otter in Rietvlei
On Friday 4 June 2010 Frieda & Jan Prinsloo were visiting the Bird Hide at South Lake when two otters came swimming up, curious about what they were doing there. Frieda took this fantastic photograph, click on the photo to enlarge it.
The photo has also been added to their Gallery.

Diep River Estuary Management Plan
The Diep River Estuary Management Plan compiled by consultants appointed by C.A.P.E. Estuaries Programme and the City of Cape Town was completed at the end of 2008 and submitted to the Blaauwberg Subcouncil and the public in 2009.
The task of implementing the plan has started, but applications for funding for the implementation must follow certain procedures which inevitably takes time. Some funding has been made available and some have been initiated, applications for more funds for the second half of this year is in the pipeline.
» Click here to open the Diep River Estuary Management Plan «
(Please be patient, the pdf file is over 10MB in size)

The Friends of Rietvlei is a registered Nonprofit Organisation - Registration No. 067-504 NPO.

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