Valid from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025
Entrance tickets can be purchased online at Webtickets
Cash payments are no longer accepted
- Standard Adult: R230
- Discounted fee for South African Residents & SADC Nationals South African Residents & SADC residents 18 years and older (with ID/proof of residency)*: R100
- Discounted fee for African residents outside SADC 18 years and older (with ID/proof of residency): R140
- Students/learners of 18 years and older from a South African institute (with student card): R60
- All children from 6 to 17 years: R40
- All children under 6 years: Free
- BotSoc members (with membership card): Free if membership renewal was done by 31 March 2023 (only until 31 March 2024) or less 10% (Garden entry for BotSoc members)
- South African residents over the age of 60 (with ID): Free on Tuesdays except on public holidays
*To claim the discounted entry fee, South African residents can show their ID, a certified paper copy of their ID, an electronic copy of their ID or their driver’s licence.
SANBI Gardens Membership Prices
SANBI membership is offered at:
- R800 per annum (adult South Africans older than 18)
- R600 per annum (students older than 18 registered at a South African tertiary institution – valid student card to be display on entry)
- R400 per annum (children aged six to 17)
- Children younger than six (6) do not require membership to enter the national botanical gardens and those under the age of two (2) enter free at the national zoological gardens
- Pensioners (60 and above) require membership to enter every day except on those days when they may enter for free on Tuesdays in most gardens.
Garden opening times:
- The garden is open every day from 08h00 to 19h00 during summer (Sep-Mar), 08h00 to 18h00 during winter (Apr-Aug).
- The Conservatory is open every day from 09h00 to 17h00.
- The Curator’s Office is open Monday to Friday only, from 07h30-16h20, except on public holidays.
Contact Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden
Ticket Office: 021 799 8782 / 021 799 8602
Information Office: 021 799 8783 / 021 799 8773
Concert Information: 021 799 8620
Curator’s Office (weekdays, 07h30-16h20): 021 799 8800 / 021 799 8752 / 021 799 8757
After Hours and Emergencies: 021 799 8618 / 072 945 7804
Fax: 021 797 6570
Email: KirstenboschInfo@sanbi.org.za
Postal: Private Bag X7, Claremont, 7735, Cape Town, South Africa.
How to get to Kirstenbosch
By Car: Kirstenbosch lies 13 km from Cape Town’s city centre, well signposted on all major roads. From the city, take De Waal Drive (M3) in the direction of Muizenberg, at the Rhodes Drive (M63) traffic light intersection turn right (west/towards the mountain) and follow the signs to Kirstenbosch. Free parking is available at Gates 1, 2 and 3.
Download the map as a PDF.
By Bus: The City Sightseeing bus stops at Kirstenbosch.
The City Sightseeing Hop On Hop Off Bus, mini peninsula tour, stops at the Garden 15 times a day during summer (mid Sept to April) and 12 times a day during winter (May to mid September), 7 days a week.
The bus stop for the City Sightseeing bus is at the Visitors’ Centre (Gate 1), in the parking area directly below the Vida-e Café, to the left of the entrance to the centre as you walk in. The first bus arrives at 09:50 and there is one every 20 minutes in summer, and one every 35 minutes in winter, until the last at 16:20. Visit the website for prices, timetable and to book tickets.
Access for Wheelchair users:
All visitor facilities, i.e. entrance gates, restaurants, shops and venues, are accessible for wheelchairs. Kirstenbosch is set on a very steep gradient and not all areas of the Garden are accessible to wheelchairs.
Please download this map of Kirstenbosch showing the accessibility of the main paths for wheelchairs.
Wheelchair friendly areas of the Garden include the area between the Visitors’ Centre (Gate 1) and the Centre for Home Gardening (Gate 2), the area surrounding Main Lawn, the Conservatory, parts of the Dell, Useful Plants, Fragrance Garden, Peninsula Garden, Water-wise Garden and Sculpture Garden.
Visitors in wheelchairs will need assistance when they visit the areas of the Garden on the steep upper slopes, such as the Tree Canopy Walkway, Fynbos Walk, Protea Garden, Erica Garden, Van Riebeeck’s Hedge, Camphor Avenue and the concert area.
Please note the Mathews Rockery, Cycad Amphitheatre, Arboretum and Pelargonium Koppie, have steps and/or rock or mulch paths and very steep gradients and are not accessible to wheelchairs.
Parking bays for wheelchair users and stop-and-drop zones are provided at Gates 1 and 2. There is a stop-and-drop zone at Gate 3, and wheelchair users are advised to ask a companion to ask the ticket control clerk to open the vehicle gate for them.