As Heritage Day approaches, South Africans have been given an extra reason to take in the natural splendour of Cape Town and the rest of the country as they will be granted free access to national parks until Sunday.
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This was announced by minister of the department of forestry, fisheries and environment, Barbara Creecy, on Friday, with SA National Parks Week taking place from 16 to 24 September.
‘National Parks Week is an ideal opportunity for us to introduce the majesty and beauty of the country’s national parks to the people, especially to communities who seldom get to experience and enjoy these areas of conservation, cultural heritage and biological diversity, right on their doorstep,’ said Creecy at the launch last week.
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South Africans must present their identification documents to be eligible for free entry. Identification will not be requested from children under the age of 16.
The commercial activities within parks, such as safaris and guided walks, are not included in the free access.
More than 600 000 South Africans who otherwise would not have been able to visit national parks now have access thanks to the initiative, which first began in 2006.
The Boulders Penguin Colony, the Table Mountain National Park Cableway, and the Namaqua National Park in the Northern Cape are not included in the free access programme for National Parks Week.
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