Irma Booysen Floral Reserve protects a pocket of coastal vegetation near Cape St Francis. It is a modest reserve rather than a wilderness, but it adds fynbos, birds, and a slower walking option to a day that might otherwise be all beach and harbour.
Go in daylight, wear shoes that can handle sandy paths, and treat it as a quiet nature stop before or after the lighthouse. In flower, the reserve shows how much botanical life survives in the strip between holiday houses and the sea.