Apart from the parks already mentioned in the section "Parks & Wildlife", there is a multitude of wildlife around you here in the peninsula that you can enjoy in Scarborough.

WE ASK THAT VISITORS DRIVE CAREFULLY SO AS NOT TO KILL ANY WILDLIFE VENTURING ONTO THE ROADS AND VERGES.

IF YOU HAVE DOGS, PLEASE KEEP THEM UNDER CONTROL AS THEY MAY WELL CHASE AFTER ANIMALS – SOMETIMES ENDING WITH FATAL CONSEQUENCES.

There are a variety of buck; Eland, gemsbok, Steenbok, Bontebok, springbok, klipspringers and Grey Rheebuck

Wild cats - Caracal (similar to the lynx) and the spotted genet,

Ostriches can be seen in the reserve and along Plateau Road at the Ostrich farm. The Guinea fowl have lots of chicks so please take care not to run them over or allow dogs to chase them

On the beach and dune areas there is the clawless otter, seals, Egyptian geese and an assortment of coastal birds

The terrestrial bird life is prolific – the raptors are barn owls, spotted eagle owl, black eagles and a pair of fish eagle on the mountain. In the garden you will hear the cape canary, the malachite sun bird, sugar birds, butcher birds, bok makeries, to name a few.

Beware of snakes as they are abundant here but don’t fear – they will only attack if provoked and if you happen to chance upon one on a walk, just move out of is way. Don’t attempt to move it, just bang your stick on the ground– one should always carry a stick when walking in the mountains anyway - and it should move away. The most common snakes are the Puff adder, cape cobra, boomslang, and the (harmless) mole snake

There are tortoises, lizards, gecko’s, scorpions and porcupines, squirrels, water mongoose and grey mongoose

The rain spider and the baboon spider look gruesome but they are harmless. There are hunting spiders that jump and have no nest site, he trapdoor spider and the sac spider.

PLEASE DON'T SPEED. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL DEATHS ON THE ROAD ALREADY FROM CARELESS DRIVING.