The Flora and Fauna at Cape Point

Eucalyptus cladocalyz	The Reserve is essentially a floral reserve, a treasure-house of over a thousand different species of fynbos (Afrikaans for "fine bush") vegetation of the Cape Floral Kingdom.
Watsonia tabularis	Characteristic fynbos plants are proteas, ericas (heathers) and restios (reeds).
Everlasting	Today botanists - professional and amateur - from all parts of the world make regular visits to the Fynbos Floral Kingdom to marvel at the unique flora of the area.
Protea	Being at the tip of a great continent where two oceans meet, the attendant strong winds and disintergration of the sandstone rock all influence the flora of this Reserve.

Wildlife of the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve This a tough old wedge of land where grass does not grow in the thin and sandy soils. This means the Reserve is unable to sustain a large number of animals, so it is not primarily a game reserve. However, the animal-lover will be able to spot troops of Chacma Baboons, elusive Cape Mountain Zebra, Bontebok, Eland, Cape Grysbok, Red Hartebeest and Grey Rhebuck, Ostrich, Lynx, Cape Grey Mongoose, Dassies, etc. and particularly at the car-parks, Striped Field Mice.
Bontebok	There are 250 species of birds from the large Black Eagle down to the tiny Spotted Prinia; gulls and cormorants on the beaches; sugarbirds and sunbirds on the proteas; and Egyptian Geese on the rocks! The vegetation is low lying and does not provide much cover or foraging habitat for bush birds
	Fish Eagle Black Eagle Jackal Buzzard Blackshouldered Kite Steppe Buzzard Rock Kestrel Peregrin, Spotted Eagle Owl. Baaird’s Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper (South America); American Golden Plover; Rockhopper and Macaroni Penguins (Antarctica); American Purple Gallinule (USA); Grey Wagtail (northern hemisphere); Icterine Warbler (Transvaal).

There is also a wealth of insects, lizards, tortoises, snakes and frogs in the Reserve. Also, during winter and spring only, the Southern Right Whales may be seen when they return to our waters to mate and give birth to their calves.
	Baboons are not endangered elsewhere in Southern Africa, but in the Cape Peninsula increasing urban development has caused a dramatic decrease in their numbers. While baboons once ranged freely across Table Mountain, the few remaining troops have moved southwards towards Cape Point. The baboons of the Cape Peninsula are geographically isolated from other baboon populations, which also threatens their existence.