Zeekoevlei is a major freshwater lake on the Cape Flats near Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa. [1] The name means "hippopotamus vlei," with "vlei" being afrikaans for "lake", and "zeekoe" (i.e. "sea-cow") being an archaic spelling of the afrikaans for hippopotamus.[2]
Zeekoevlei Nature Reserve (established in June 2000) is based on the lake. It is separated by a peninsula from the Rondevlei Nature Reserve and preserves endangered Cape Lowland Freshwater Wetland ecosystems. [2]