Durbanville Nature Reserve, Nature reserve in Durbanville, South Africa.

The reserve in Durbanville encompasses two distinct habitats: Swartland Shale Renosterveld and Cape Flats Sand Fynbos with a total of 241 plant species. The area provides a compact view of the region's vegetation types.

The area was established in 1966 following the discovery of a rare plant species called Aristea lugens. This led to focused efforts to protect endangered plants in the region.

The reserve lies on the boundary between two critically endangered vegetation types, Swartland Shale Renosterveld and Cape Flats Sand Fynbos, so a walk here crosses from one plant community to the other. Ten of its roughly 241 plant species are threatened with extinction, among them Aristea lugens, Cliffortia hirta, Gladiolus recurvus and Serruria brownii.

The reserve sits beside the Hollywoodbets Durbanville Racecourse, and its 6 hectares form a small triangle, so a loop on foot takes little time. Paths cross both Swartland Shale Renosterveld and Cape Flats Sand Fynbos; watch for the angulate tortoise and Cape dwarf chameleon along the edges.

The reserve's three fynbos-endemic birds — Cape sugarbird, Cape canary and Orange-breasted sunbird — are not globally confined to the site; they are endemic to the fynbos biome. The reserve also shelters the endangered Cape rain frog and the Cape dwarf chameleon, the only lizard recorded there.