These species are those we spotted in and around the Krantzkloof Nature Reserve, this will include the areas immediately in and around our houses in Kloof and Waterfall respectively.

The reserve conserves coastal scarp forest, sourveld grassland, a cliff face biotope, and aquatic environments along its rivers. Scarp forest is a threatened forest type, protected by South Africa's forests act of 1998, while the grassland is classified as KwaZulu-Natal sandstone sourveld, the most threatened terrestrial habitat in the Durban metropole. The reserve was established in 1950 and was augmented by land donations as late as 1999.Most of the reserve’s 584 hectares is covered by dense forest and vegetation and is a fine example of coastal forest and grasslands. It affords spectacular views across the well forested gorge cut by the Molweni River. The Reserve boasts an abundance of wildlife, including zebra, bushbuck, blue, red and grey duiker, vervet monkey, rock hyrax, slender mongoose, white-tailed mongoose, Egyptian mongoose, banded mongoose, water monitor and genet. Birdlife is abundant, with over 230 species on record. 

PLEASE NOTE THAT WHEREVER POSSIBLE I HAVE USED OUR OWN PICS, IN SOME PLACES I HAVE USED 3RD PARTY PHOTOGRAPHS INCLUDING THE OWNERS NAME WHERE POSSIBLE. ILL REPLACE THESE AS WE GET MORE STUFF. We are not photographers and do not have anything resembling decent photographic kit so we make do with point and shoot cameras and wit.

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The reserve has an interesting variety of indigenous flora. The reserve is home to a high diversity of plants including various rare species. These include cycads of the Encephalartos and Stangeria genera. The E. natalensis cycads of Krantzkloof represent one of several distinguishable varieties. A few specimens of the very rare Natal sandstone quince, Dahlgrenodendron natalense, are present. A relict population of Brachystelma natalense is conserved here, besides the only South African population of the red sunbird bush, Metarungia pubinervia. The vulnerable aquatic plant Hydrostachys polymorpha is found on one of the Molweni's waterfalls, while the Bootlace lily, Drimia flagellaris, discovered in 2005, is endemic to the reserve's cliff faces. The distinctive race floribunda of Crassula multicava is endemic to scarp forest and gorge bottoms of this area. It is home to several species of African violet of the genus Streptocarpus, and includes the core range of the nominate race of S. molweniensis, a vulnerable and declining species only described in 1996. Besides the latter,S. haygarthii, S. grandis, S. prolixus and the nominate race of S. polyanthus are also to be found.

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