The Phantom Forest project was started in 1997, with the concept of conservation funded by limited sympathetic development. Set within a private nature reserve of 147 ha., consisting of three biospheres of Afromontane Forest, Cape Coastal Fynbos and Estuarine wetland with continuing conservation run and funded through a Trust, which is a model of preservation of an area of natural beauty, with trustees including Phantom Forest and a professional member of Cape Nature Conservation, thus guaranteeing the future of this reserve.