BLUFF NATURE RESERVE
Bluff Nature Reserve was proclaimed on the 24 October 1974 and is 45 ha in extent. The reserve, consists of a large pan and adjacent forest and is situated in the Bluff suburb of Durban. The pan is a home and a refuge for many water birds and waders.
Two bird hides are sited along the edge of the pan and provide excellent bird viewing opportunities for visitors. Spoonbills and cormorants nest in the edges of the reedbeds in late winter and spring.There is one self guided trail in the reserve which meanders around the pan and offers a wonderful opportunity to explore the diverse water-bird life in the reserve.
A complete bird list is available from the field ranger. The following mammals have been recorded in the reserve. Giant musk shrew, hottentot golden mole, velvet monkey, multimamate mouse, grey climbing mouse, angoni vlei rat, common rodent mole, large spotted genet, banded mongoose, and slender mongoose.
Bluff Nature Reserve Vital Information
Gate opening and closing times
Summer: 7h00 - 17h00
Winter: 7h00 - 17h00
Office hours: A roving field ranger is on duty during the day. There is no office at Bluff Nature Reserve
Telephone number: 031 469 2807
Fax number: 031 469 2807
How to get there
Take the Jacobs off-ramp from the southern freeway. Turn seaward at the traffic lights into Quality road. Follow this road until Tara road and turn left into it. The reserve is immediately on the right hand side of the road.
Pets are not permitted at Reserve.
"No entry fees will be charged for visits by KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Primary and Secondary School groups, from KZN Schools to KZN Protected Areas and St Lucia Crocodile Centre provided that such visits:
1. are authorised by the Head of the school
2. are booked in advance with the Officer in Charge of the Protected Area or Crocodile Centre
3. do not take place over weekends, during KZN Provincial school holidays or Public Holidays".
Toilet facilities are available.
Clues for the final,
Using the key of 1 = A, 2 = B, 3 = C etc. work out the following from the plaque at waypoint 1.
A = The last letter of the second word minus 5
B = the fourth letter of the fourteenth word minus 1
C = The day of the month minus 22
D = The second letter of the only word that is used five times, minus 1
E = The fifth letter of the second word minus 2
F = The first letter of the eighth word
The cache can be found at S29 56.ABC E030 59.DEF