Estuary water quality: Public urged not to panic
Authorities (SANParks, Eden District Municipality, Knysna Municipality and the Knysna Basin Project) have agreed sampling for the upcoming season must...
Media Release: Get the holidays started at Camdeboo National Park
The programme is open to children between the ages of eight and 14, and costs R15 per child per day. Each of the days has a selected theme filled with...
Experience the wonder of nature through canoeing
One of the seventeen (17) Ramsar sites in South Africa is in the Wilderness section of the GRNP. The Wilderness and Swartvlei lake systems are situate...
Notice: Scheduled downtime for SANParks online forums
The SANParks online forums have grown in leaps and bounds since our last infrastructure change and with us doing this change, we are allowing more gro...
Post Office strike causes delays in card delivery
Due to the unprotected Post Office strike, we are experiencing Wild Card delivery delays around the Gauteng area. The Post Office”s Securemail s...
Mokala Flash Floods
We have had some heavy rains in the Northern Cape. The park has been effected by the rains and most of our tourist roads inside the park has been clos...
Results of water samples: Swartvlei (thumbs up)
Placid water (0) Swartvlei Caravan Park (63 per 100 ml) Golf course (20) Pine Lake (364) Lakeside Lodge (0) Outward Bound (197) Results of concern wer...
Media Release: Environmental Affairs Minister and Deputy Minister lead South African delegation to 6th world parks congress in Sydney, Australia
The Minister of Environmental Affairs, Mrs Edna Molewa is leading the South African delegation that includes the Deputy Minister of Environmental Affa...
SANParks says more about commercial tour operators (Knysna forest)
The Management plan for the GRNP was approved by Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) in 2010. This Management Plan (http://www.sanparks.co.za/pa...
Media Release: Four new bird species discovered in Karoo National Park
Birding enthusiast, Japie Claassen, from the local Honorary Rangers and Karoo Birding Safari”s, confirmed sightings of Roberts Nr”s 405 &n...
Response to the incident of an injured tourist in Drupkelders (Knysna forest)
Drupkelders is in the Knysna forest, also part of the Garden Route National Park, managed by South African National Parks (SANParks). Yesterday a loca...
Media Release: Registrations open for the Working for Water QwaQwa/Golden Gate Half Marathon
The marathon, which aims to improve the wellbeing and heath of the surrounding communities, was initiated by Biodiversity Social Projects (BSP)”...
Media Release: Woolworths supports SANParks Honorary Rangers Dog Project
From a profile perspective the event attracts a number of Olympic champions (Gold, Silver and Bronze medallists from the Olympics) and is recognised b...
Table Mountain National Park – Information for the December/January festive season
Cape Point The Rooikrans satellite parking area will be available as overflow parking for Cape Point between the 15th of December 2014 and the 5th of ...
Cape Point Nature Run – Closures
Closures: Closure of Buffels Bay Picnic Site to general visitors from 13:00 on 8 November and reopening again at 11:00 on 9 November 2014. The camp si...