Hoerikwaggo™ Trail

Our Partners - Official Partners

The Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism (DEAT)

DEAT is the national governmental department responsible for the quality and promotion of conservation and tourism in South Africa.

The development of the Hoerikwaggo™ Trail has been made possible by a R35 million Expanded Public Works grant given to the Table Mountain National Park by DEAT.

The vision and mission of the department are as follows:

The Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism's vision is: A prosperous and equitable society living in harmony with our resources.

• Our mission is to lead sustainable development of our environment and tourism for a better life for all, by:
  • Creating conditions for sustainable tourism growth and development;
  • Promoting the sustainable development and conservation of our natural resources;
  • Protecting and improving the quality and safety of the environment;
  • Promoting a global sustainable development agenda;
  • Transformation of the department, statutory bodies and economic sector for which we are responsible.
• Our Department is guided by the following values:
  • Sustainability: Meeting people's needs while balancing our consumption of resources with our country's capacity to renew them;
  • Performance: Providing a high quality service to South Africa's people;
  • Professionalism: accuracy, punctuality, possession of knowledge, corporate governance;
  • People: building a performing, capable team, by promoting Batho Pele;
  • Integrity; our ethics, honesty and non-corruptibility;
  • Innovation: facing challenges and offering new solutions, pushing frontiers;
  • Diversity: our rich culture and ideas, woven through the fabric of our organisation and nation.

For more information please visit: www.environment.gov.za

The City of Cape Town

The City of Cape Town is one of Table Mountain National Park’s most significant partners. Together the Park and the City are responsible for the administration of the entire Cape Peninsula. To this end the Park and the City meet on a regular basis to discuss matter of mutual concern such as visitor experience and tourism infrastructure. The City is also one of the TMNP’s major funders and has contributed significantly to the development of the Hoerikwaggo Trail.

For more information please visit: www.capetown.gov.za

Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens

The South African Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) has assisted the Table Mountain National Park by generously agreeing to allow the Table Mountain Trail to finish in the Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden. Founded in 1913 the 36-hectare Kirstenbosch Gardens grow only indigenous plants and are gloriously situated on the eastern slopes of Table Mountain.

The Garden also bears the unique distinction of being the only cultivated garden in the world to be proclaimed a Natural World Heritage Site. In 2004 the Cape Floristic Region (CFR) was declared a Natural World Heritage Gite, it was a serial nomination comprising seven CapeNature reserves, Table Mountain National Park and Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens .

For more information visit: www.sanbi.org.za

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