page_title: Kogelberg Nature Reserve
section_title: Greater Biosphere Reserve
hierarchical_section_title: Kogelberg Nature Reserve / Greater Biosphere Reserve
caption_attribution_description: English: A male chacma baboon (Papio ursinus) enjoying of the sunset in the Steenbras Nature Reserve, to the east of Cape Town, South Africa.
context_page_description: Kogelberg Nature Reserve is a nature reserve of 3,000 ha comprising the Kogelberg Mountain Range, to the east of Cape Town, South Africa.
  With about 1600 plant species, it contains a floral diversity per unit area that is greater than anywhere else in the world.
context_section_description: The 1,000-square-kilometre (390 sq mi) Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve incorporates the nature reserve as part of its "core conservation area". As such, the nature reserve is surrounded by buffer zones of natural vegetation and environmentally friendly recreational areas, as well as transitional zones of environmentally aware farms and towns.
  The Kogelberg Nature Reserve itself, as the core conservation area, is exceptionally untouched. In fact, the mountain slopes are closed to the public and strictly protected. However, there is a portion that is open for hiking, along the valleys and waterfalls of the Steenbras River Gorge.
  The R44 road is a famously scenic road that skirts the mountainous coast of the Kogelberg reserve. Whales and dolphins can also regularly be seen from this road.
caption: A male chacma baboon (Papio ursinus) enjoying of the sunset in the Steenbras Nature Reserve
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