Latest news about Phillipskop
With the swimming pool constructed it was time to landscape and plant up the surrounding area. The old dam wall was still in place but much higher than we wanted it to be. It needed to be lowered to the same level as the pool wall and decking so that…
Work on the natural swimming pool began in October 2019 under the supervision of Anton Duivestein of Walker Bay Construction. An unusual element of our project was that the area had already been excavated when the old dam was dug out. Normally, when building a swimming pool, one can dig…
Ever since moving to Phillipskop in 2014, we have wanted to build a swimming pool. However, it was important for us that it fitted in with the habitat and landscape that we are conserving here. A natural swimming pool was therefore the obvious route to go but such projects cannot…
We are pleased to announce the publication by SANBI of Chris Whitehouse’s “Monograph on the genus Cliffortia”. This publication has been over 22 years in the making. It stems out of Chris’s PhD work on Cliffortia done between 1999-2003 at the University of Cape Town, but much work has continued…
Visitors to the reserve this winter will undoubtedly notice that the lowest part of the reserve has recently burned. This fire was a controlled burn that took place on 14 June 2021 as part of the ongoing management of the reserve. This area, between the reserve’s self-catering chalets and the…
We are excited to announce the launch of the Haarkapper Hiking Trail. This beautiful hike crosses over the Klein River Mountains, between Phillipskop Mountain Reserve near Stanford, and Tesselaarsdal, via Elzaksa Farm. The 15km trail follows a figure of eight route, starting from either Phillipskop Mountain Reserve or Tesselaarsdal. You…
