The Eastern Cape Parks and Tourism Agency has recently announced that the dates for its Free Access Week will be from September 30 until October 9.
The entrance fee will be waived for day visitors to 12 nature reserves in the Eastern Cape during this period.
Day visitors will also be exempt from paying the conservation fees for the duration of this promotion.
The free access does not extend to accommodation and overnight visitors will have to pay for their accommodation.
The following 12 nature reserves will take part in the Free Access Week:
- Great Fish River Nature Reserve
- Thomas Baines Nature Reserve
- Waters Meeting Nature Reserve
- Tsolwana Game Reserve/Commando Drift Nature Reserve
- Mpofu Fort Fordyce Nature Reserve
- Oviston Nature Reserve
- East London Coast Nature Reserve
- Ongeluksnek Nature Reserve
- Dwesa Nature Reserve
- Silaka Nature Reserve
- Mkambati Nature Reserve
- Hluleka Nature Reserve