Disability all sorts a directory of organisations and resources for people with disabilities in south africa
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Traillinx This website lists accessible trails in or near Beaufort West, Bredasdorp, Buffelsbaai, Cape Town, Carolina, Durban, Grabouw, Graskop, Johannesburg, Knysna, Krugersdorp, Nelspruit, Paarl, Pietermaritzburg, Pilgrim's Rest, Pretoria, Sandton, Skukuza, Stanford, Swellendam, Touws River, Vryburg and Worcester. Web: http://www.linx.co.za/trails/lists/disalist.html TRAILS AND WALKWAYS — EASTERN CAPE
2 km PPC Discovery Trail cement trail for blind people and wheelchair users; guide ropes; accessible toilets Addo Elephant National Park, outside Port Elizabeth Postal address: Box 52, Addo 6105 Tel: 042 233 0556/0560 Fax: 042 233 0196 Email: luciusm@sanparks.org Web:
www.sanparks.org
Contact: Lucius Moolman Park Manager Addo Garden Centre (Pretoria) A wheelchair-accessible nursery garden especially equipped for blind users, plus a restaurant that is also accessible and includes a braille menu; also a garden club and talks on botanical topics 258 Von Willich St, Lyttelton, Centurion Tel: 012 663 3427 or 012 333 4827 or 082 358 6573 Fax: 012 663 4242 Email:
addo@absamail.co.za
Contact: Ronél Coetser or Heila de Beer Birds of Eden and Monkeyland Birds of Eden: 1,2 km of walkways of which 900 m is elevated; completely accessible
418 Monkeyland: 900 m walkway through forrest; assistance available for difficult parts Situated at the Crags, 16 km east of Plettenberg Bay, 150 km from Mossel Bay and about 50 km from Knysna
Postal address: Box 1190, Plettenberg Bay 6600 Tel: 044 534 8906 Fax: 044 534 8907 Email:
birdsofeden@monkeyland.co.za
Web: www.birdsofeden.co.za
Blindiana Museum Museum for blind people about blind people; includes an accessible fossil trail. 132 Church St, Worcester 6850 (next to Institute for the Blind) Postal address: Box 933, Worcester 6849 Fax: 023 342 1169 Web: www.blind-institute.org.za Contact: John McGregor (curator)
Offers riding opportunities for people with disabilities; also plans to offer stayovers/camping weekends for youngsters with disabilities. Cherie's Riding Centre, Cloverdale, 22 Montmere Resort, Sedgefield 6573 Redlands Farm, Knysna, on the banks of Swartvlei Postal address: Box 395, Sedgefield 6573 Tel: 044 356 2704 or 082 962 3223 Contact: Cherie Sindall
A collection of plants that occur naturally in the Mossel Bay area and that were used by the Khoi, San, Coloured, Xhosa and European settlers for shelter, food and medical uses as well as for magic and superstitious beliefs. The braille trail makes it accessible to sight-impaired people. All visitors are welcome to touch and smell the wonderful collection. Bartolomeu Dias Museum Complex, 1 Market Sreet, Mossel Bay Postal address: Private Bag X1, Mossel Bay, 6500 Tel: 044 691 1067 Fax: 044 691 1915 Email: info@diasmuseum.co.za Web:
www.diasmuseum.co.za
Goukamma Nature Reserve Short easy walks along lake; in nature reserve; overnight hut available; 20 people max; hotel nearby Goukamma Nature Reserve, Buffelsbaai Tel/fax: 044 383 0042 Reservations: Tel 044 802 5310 / 11 Fax: 044 802 5313 Email: goukamma@cnc.org.za
419 Web: www.capenature.org.za
Various options in nature reserve; overnight facilities; camp site; 12 people max; R3,00 per person per day Kamanassie Nature Reserve, Oudtshoorn Tel: 044 752 1110 Fax: 044 33 146
Garden of Eden: Short circular route through indigenous forest; wheelchair-friendly; accessible toilet Harkerville State Forest: Day trails on forestry roads from the group centre in the Harkerville State Forest; hut available — sleeps about 36 people but not 100% accessible Tel: 044 382 3037 Web:
www.sanparks.org
Ndegi Ranch A tranquil bush retreat offering total accessibility to wheelchairs, including selected walks and cottages with roll-in showers Postal address: Box 2047, Mookgophong, Limpopo 0560 Tel: 014 743 3482 or 011 884 7760 or 011 444 5531 or 072 245 7457 Web:
www.ndegi.co.za
Wilderness National Park Wheelchair-friendly boardwalk part of the Pied Kingfisher Trail and home to a wide variety of birds 044 877 0046 roye@sanparks.org
Web: www.sanparks.org
TRAILS AND WALKWAYS — FREE STATE
Paved pathways R702 Rayton Road, off Dan Pienaar Drive (Bloemndal Drive), Bloemfontein Postal address: Box 29036, Danhof 9310 Tel: 051 436 3530 Fax: 051 436 4104 Email:
admin@fsnbg.co.za
Web: http://www.sanbi.org/frames/gardensfram.htm
Holhoek Hiking Trail A 4,3 km trail for wheelchair users; right into the mountain to the Bushman and Waterfall caves; trail free for wheelchair users; accessible accommodation with disabled facilities Postal address: Discovery Trails, Box 149, Paul Roux 9800 Tel: 058 471 0551 Cell: 082 562 7653 Fax: 058 471 0600
420 Email: retastrydom@worldonline.co.za
Web:
www.discoverytrails.co.za
Contact: Reta or Tiaan Strydom TRAILS AND WALKWAYS — GAUTENG
8th Street (corner 6th Road West), Greymont Contact: Nina on 011 673 6592 or Rob Filmer at Eco-Access on 011 477 3676
Wide pathways, ramps, guide rails, sensory trail, elevated garden boxes, picnic tables with supports Albertville, northwest of Johannesburg Contact: Johannesburg City Parks or Eco-Access on 011 477 3676
Trails once a month; circular; easy; people with disability welcome; please make prior arrangements Johannesburg Tel: 011 782 5473 Fax: 011 782 5169 Email: bst@netactive.co.za
180 m Sasol Sensory Trail for blind people; an accessible interactive environmental education experience for the hundreds of learners who pass through the Centre on a weekly basis, including learners who happen to be disabled Road No 3, Delta Park, Johannesburg 2195 Tel: 011 888 4831 or 082 346 2597 Fax: 011 888 4106 Email:
louise@deltaenviro.org.za
delta@deltaenviro.org.za Web:
www.deltaenviro.org.za
Contact: Louise Matschfe or Geoff Lockwood Elephant Sanctuary Visitors can experience elephants up close Hartbeespoort, off the Rustenberg Road Tel: 012 258 0423 Fax: 012 258 0329 Email:
elephantsanctuary@mweb.co.za
Web: www.moonlight-lodge.co.za/page35.html
Johannesburg Zoo Tours for blind people and deaf people (by prior arrangement); accessible facilities Jan Smuts Avenue, Parkview, Johannesburg (main entrance in Upper Park Drive) Postal address: Private Bag X13, Parkview 2122
421 Tel: 011 646 2000 Fax: 011 486 2866 Email: info@jhbzoo.org.za Web:
www.jhbzoo.org.za
Marievale Bird Sanctuary Walkway; bird hides; all with toilets for disabled; braai areas (lapa); kitchens Nature reserve in Blesbokspruit, Springs Postal address: c/o Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve, Private Bag X616, Heidelberg 1438 Tel: 011 904 3933 / 7 / 0 Fax: 011 904 2966
300 m mini-trail for wheelchair users Nature reserve in Melville, Johannesburg Directions: The trail for wheelchair users is along the Westdene Spruit, just before it enters the Johannesburg Botanical Gardens. About 50 m before Judith Road meets Beyers Naude Drive, there is a motor gate into the nature reserve along the old (unused) tarred Rustenburg Road. About 50 m along this old road is the entrance to the trail for wheelchair users. Please contact Wendy Carstens (Tel: 011 482 4797) to make arrangements to open the gate, provide a guide for a tour, party, etc. A fee is levied for booked tours. Tel: 011 788 7571 Johannesburg City Parks Tel: 011 482 4797 Wendy Carstens, Melville Koppies Management Committee Email: veld@telkomsa.net Web:
www.veld.org.za
Contact: Wendy Carstens Montecasino Bird Gardens Has paved and elevated pathways; circular; easy; some paths are steep Montecasino Boulevard, Fourways, Sandton Tel: 011 511 1864 Fax: 011 511 0477 Email:
mbird@mweb.co.za
National Zoo of SA Customised night tours for blind people, deaf people and wheelchair users (by prior arrangement); circular; easy; 15 people min. Boom Street, Prinshof, Pretoria Tel: 012 328 3265 Fax: 012 323 4540 Contact: Tanya
Fragrance trail; has been upgraded recently South African National Council for the Blind (SANCB) 514 White Street, Bailey’s Muckleneuk, Pretoria Postal address: Private Bag X44, Hatfield 0028
422 Tel: 012 346 1171 Fax: 012 346 1149 Email: admin@sancb.org.za gloria@sancb.org.za Web: www.sancb.org.za
Contact: Gloria Motsi College secretary Riverclub Walk along Jukskei River Accessible wheelchair pathway Sandton Tel: 011 803 9132 / 3 Contact: Sandton Municipality
2 Cussonia Avenue, Brummeria, Pretoria Postal address: Private Bag X101, Pretoria 0001 Tel: 012 804 3166 / 3200 Fax: 012 804 3211 Web: http://www.sanbi.org/frames/gardensfram.htm Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve 700 m Toktokkie circular trail for blind people and wheelchair users; picnic site, braai facilities, meditation hut, chalets, exhibition hall, auditorium, guided school groups Heidelberg Road, Johannesburg Postal address: Private Bag X616, Heidelberg 1438 Tel: 011 904 3933 / 7 / 0 Fax: 011 904 2966
Paved pathways; steep in places End of Malcolm Road, Poortview, Roodepoort Postal address: Box 2194, Wilro Park 1731 Tel: 011 958 1750 Fax: 011 958 1752 Email: info@sisulugarden.co.za Web:
http://www.sanbi.org/frames/gardensfram.htm
TRAILS AND WALKWAYS — KWAZULU-NATAL
Paved walkway along the beach Tel: 032 946 1997 Email: info@dolphincoast.co.za Web:
www.dolphincoast.co.za
Contact: Dolphin Coast Publicity Association Didima Cathedral Peak National Park Concrete or paved walkway in nearby hills and in and around Didima Camp, including viewing of San rock art
423 Tel: 036 488 8000 Fax: 036 488 1346 Web: www.sanparks.org or didima@kznwildlife.com
Accessible to wheelchair users Postal address: Box 3740, Durban 4000 Tel: 031 201 1303 Fax: 031 201 7382 Email: dalzellc@prcsu.durban.gov.za Web:
www.durbanbotgardens.org.za
Contact: Chris Dalzell Curator Glenholme Nature Reserve Durban
Trail for blind people and wheelchair users; has guide rails and braille plaques; includes an elevated walkway through swamp forest Tel: 031 705 5448 or 201 3126
Grassed trail for blind people and wheelchair users; has handrails; along a river
Foothills of the uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park Near Pietermaritzburg Tel: 033 347 1961 845 1000 Web: http://www.drakensberg-tourism.com/kamberg.html
Durban 600 m trail for wheelchair users, especially designed for blind and deaf people; circular; easy; accessible picnic and braai sites Tel: 033 845 1000 Fax: 033 845 1001
Includes a large botanical garden; open for day visitors until 1:00; paved pathways for wheelchair users; the lodge is disabled-friendly, including showers and swimming pool 1a Igwababa Road, Kloof Postal address: Box 385, Kloof 3640 Tel: 031 764 6616 Fax: 031 764 6304 Email:
info@makarangagardenlodge.com
jaco@MakarangaGardenLodge.com Web:
www.makarangagardenlodge.com
uKahlamba-Drakensberg Park (previously the Royal Natal National Park) Short wheelchair trail leading off from the Mahai Campsite Postal address: KZN Wildlife, Private Bag X1669, Bergville 3350. Tel: 036 438 6310 / 6303
424 Fax: 036 438 6231 Web:
www.sanparks.org
Umgeni Bird Park From Durban, head north towards Umhlanga, and you'll find the Park just 10 minutes drive from the city centre. Follow the signs off the N2 or M4 Highways. Tel: 031 579 4600 Fax: 031 579 4574 490 Riverside Road, Durban North Postal address: Box 35205, Northway, 4065 Durban Email: urbpmark@iafrica.com info@umgenibirdpark.co.za
Web:
www.umgeniriverbirdpark.co.za
uShaka Marine Park Tel: 031 337 8099
Sasol Dragonfly Walkway, Jacana Bridge and Sasol Kingfisher bird hide Postal address: Box 508, Naboomspruit 0560 Tel/fax: 014 743 1074 TRAILS AND WALKWAYS — MPUMALANGA Horse Trails Horse trails for people with disability; circular; easy; please make prior arrangements Pilgrim's Rest Tel: 013 768 1261
Paved pathways with labelled plants; pathways steep in places Off White River Road, Nelspruit (turn off at Riverside Value Market traffic light) Postal address: Box 1024, Nelspruit 1200 Tel: 013 752 5531 Fax: 013 752 6216 Email:
curator@glow.co.za
Web: http://www.sanbi.org/frames/gardensfram.htm
Mountain Trout and Fancy Fish Day routes; circular; camp site and caravan park; 10 people max; R5,00 per person Rietfontein, Carolina Tel: 017 843 2088
600 m braille Rhino Trail; wheelchair users will need some help Berg-en-Dal Camp, Kruger National Park, Skukuza
425 Postal address: Private Bag X402, Skukuza 1350 Tel: 013 735 6106 / 7 Fax: 013 735 6103 / 5864 Email:
craigc@sanparks.org
Web: www.sanparks.org
Contact: Craig Cowie Hospitality Manager Rob Filmer Lichen Trail: Bourke's Luck Potholes 180 m Lichen trail; circular; easy; fully accessible with wide pathways, tapes for blind people and pamphlets for deaf people Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve, Graskop Tel: 013 769 6019 Contact: Mpumalanga Parks Board Tel: 013 761 6019
400 m Fossil Braille Trail for blind people and wheelchair users; braille board inscriptions and hand rails; depicts the geology and palaeontology of the Great Karoo; taped commentary for visitors with cassette players; examples of petrified trees and various fossils Karoo National Park, Beaufort West Postal address: Box 316, Beaufort West 6970 Tel: 023 415 2828 / 9 Fax: 023 415 1671 Email:
normanj@sanparks.org
Web: www.sanparks.org
Contact: Norman Johnson Park Manager Namaqua National Park Accessible sensory trail Postal address: Box 117, Kamieskroon 8241 Tel: 027) 672 1948 Fax: 027) 672 1015 Email:
matthewn@sanparks.org
Web: www.sanparks.org
Contact: Matthew Norval (Park Manager) TRAILS AND WALKWAYS — NORTH WEST Leon Taljaard Nature Reserve 30 km circular, two-day De Grot trail for blind people and wheelchair users; other shorter options available; hut; camp site Leon Taljaard Nature Reserve, Vryburg Tel: 053 927 2200053 928 2200 Contact: Vryburg Municipality Tel: 053 927 2241
426 Rob and Julie Filmer Sensory Trail Initially conceptualised as a trail for people with disability but now forms the basis of all de Wildt’s environmental education programmes; call or fax to make a booking De Wildt Cheetah and Wildlife Centre, Magaliesburg, near Brits Tel/fax: 012 504 1921
A free, wheelchair-friendly boardwalk (Willis Walk) alongside an African Penguin sanctuary at Boulders Beach, from which a few penguins and lovely views may be seen; also a boardwalk at the neighbouring Foxy Beach, entailing an entrance fee for viewing the larger penguin colony Postal address: The Boulders, Box 62, Simon’s Town 7995 Tel: 021 786 2329 Fax: 021 786 5786 Email: tmnpboulders@sanparks.org Cecelia Forest Circular trail for wheelchair users, with a tea spot at the river; initial uphill may require assistance Cape Town Tel: 021 400 1111
Short routes from base on roads in the De Hoop Nature Reserve; easy to average; huts and cottages; one hut is wheelchair-accessible; R72 for four people sharing per night; entrance fee at gate; trail is free De Hoop Nature Reserve, Bredasdorp Postal address: Box 66, Bredasdorp 7280 Tel: 028 542 1126 / 1253 Fax: 028 542 1679 Web:
www.capenature.org.za/nature_reserves/html/dehoop.html
Elim Various day routes; easy to difficult; hut and camp site; R5,00 per person per day Breede River Valley, Touws River Tel: 023 358 2013
Trail for wheelchair users being built as funds become available Fernkloof, Hermanus Tel: 028 313 8100 or (028 314 0264 Email:
botsoc@fernkloof.com
Web: http://fernkloof.com/
Kagga Kamma Nature Reserve
427 Various day routes; easy; overnight hut; camp site; 40 people max Kagga Kamma Reserve, Paarl Tel: 021 863 8355 872 4343 Fax: 021 863 8383
Trail for blind people and wheelchair users; explanatory braille and large-print labels Roux Road, Van Riebeeck Park Postal address: Box 152, Worcester 6850 Tel: 023 347 0785 Fax: 023 342 8719 Email:
karoodesert@telkomsa.net
Web: http://www.sanbi.org/frames/gardensfram.htm
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