Enjoy this rare renosterveld ramble

Join the Overberg Renosterveld Trust on the trails – to get to know some of the special quartz patches on the Haarwegskloof Renosterveld Reserve.   

This interpreted trail leads walkers through Critically Endangered Eastern Rûens Shale Renosterveld. And takes you past species that have only been described in recent times. 

The easy walk starts just above the Haarwegskloof Research Centre, at the gorgeous renosterveld mural, created by Nastasha Minyon Sale. The mural overlooks the largest connected stretch of renosterveld left on Earth. 

Quartz Renosterpea (Polhillia curtisiae) © Grant Forbes, Quartz Capegorse (Aspalathus quartzicola) © Grant Forbes, Linearleaf Sugarbush (Protea decurrens) © Willemina v/d Harst-De Wet

From here, walkers head up the hill, where you can see and get to know special species such as Critically Endangered Polhillia curtisiae, Aspalathus quartzicola and Endangered Protea decurrens.  

Simply follow the interpretive signage around the quartz hill which will lead you in a circle back to the start.

It’s a short, relaxed walk that offers you the chance to experience renosterveld, and to understand why it’s so special, but also so threatened.  

But even if you can’t join us in person right now, you can still enjoy this digital stroll, led by former ORT Conservation Extension Officer Tevin Adams.  

Book your own stay 

Then be sure to plan your next outing to the Haarwegskloof Renosterveld Reserve, the home of the ORT. Stay in the guest accommodation, the Old Dairy Self-Catering Accommodation, from where you can access the entire reserve on foot, to enjoy all the special renosterveld plants and animals every day of the year. 

Or book a walk with Haarwegskloof Renosterveld Reserve Manager Amauréé Jansen van Vuuren, who will guide you through the special renosterveld landscapes on this reserve, to plant species found only here and nowhere else on Earth.