Kloofendal Nature Reserve

The reserve is managed by Johannesburg City Parks and is 110 hectares in size consisting of typical Highveld/ Bankenveld rocky ridges, shale hill sides, river systems and has well maintained paths. Facilities on site include a dam, bird hide and picnic facilities. Specials at the site include Black sparrow hawk, Verreaux's eagles, Ovambo Sparrowhawk, Peregrine Falcon, Spotted eagle Owl, Barn Owl and Wailing Cisticola. Other bird species that can be seen at the site include Red throated wryneck, Black-collared and crested barbets, Klaas's cuckoo, Diedericks cuckoo, Black Cuckooshrike, Bokmakierie, Fairy flycatcher, Pintailed Whydah, Greater & lesser striped swallows, African black duck, little grebes, blacksmith & crowned plovers, Greenbacked heron and Hamerkop. Any time of the year, but of course there are more birds during the summer months when all the migrating birds are back The reserve is set within the City of Johannesburg and is very accessible to the public. The reserve is fully fenced with a security guard on duty at the entrance every day.

Directions

Take road towards Johannesburg (R24); turn north on the N3 towards Pretoria and follow the ring road; turning South towards Roodepoort on the N1; exit at 14th Avenue and turn right at the 14th Avenue off-ramp just before the road climbs up the Witwatersrand ridge; turn right under the M1 and turn right again at Hendrik Potgieter; after about 3 km, turn left and up on a slip road at Christiaan de Wet; turn 2nd traffic light right at Wilgerood Road and second traffic light left at Topaz; almost immediately right into Galena. The entrance to the reserve is at the bottom of the hill on your left. You may collect a map of the reserve from the security guard at the gate. Travel up to the parking area on the left of the road. Approximate travelling time from OR Tambo International Airport is 45 minutes.

GPS Coordinates:
Lat: S26 07.643'
Lon: E27 52.841'

Additional information

The first gold mine on the Witwatersrand is situated in the reserve. Fred and Harry Struben mined the Confidence Reef from 1884 to 1886. This led in large part to the discovery of the fabulous Witwatersrand gold deposits less than 10 km away.

For more information or guided walks into the Confidence Reef, please contact the Roodepoort Museum at +27 (0)11 761 0226

Gate opening and closing times
	Summer	Winter
Open	06H00	06H00
Close	18H00	18H00

Contact

General inquiries, Joburg City Parks: +27 (0)11 712 6600
Joburg City Parks for hiring braai lapa or Ecological Centre: +27 (0)11 712 6658
Guided Nature Walks, Karin Spottiswoode from Friends of Kloofendal: +27 ((0)11 674 2980