Welcome at the Greater Simonsberg Conservancy. A Non Profit and Public Benefit Organisation, with the aim to support its members in their conservation efforts,as well as providing services in the surrounding communities. The Conservancy is situated in the wine region of Stellenbosch amid rare renosterveld fynbos, just 50 kilometers from Cape Town, South Africa.

NEWS & EVENTS

We are currently 28 members in the GSC (June 2012). We gained 7 new members since January 2012.

Conservancy MTB, trail running and hike dates
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Simonsberg Environmental Education Weekend Activities list
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Launch of the SEE centre
- Article in Die Bruger
- Article in Farmers weekly
- Article in Stellenbosch Gazette

Rustenburg Rare Plant Sale

The Rustenburg Rare Plant Sale happened in April this year. read more

Leopard sighting @ Tokara

On 9 May 2012 a leopard was photographed by a remote-sensing camera on Tokara Wine Estate on the slopes of Simonsberg. Although the CLT Boland Project has heard reports of occasional leopard activity on Simonsberg, this is the first photograph that we’re aware of.. read more

Easter  Nature hunt at Wiesenhof with JJ Rhode - see press clipping