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Province: Western Cape
Region: West Coast
Town: Clanwilliam
INTRODUCTION TO CLANWILLIAM
Clanwilliam, one of the oldest towns in the country, is known for the variety it offers the tourist. This includes a richness in history, sightseeing, flowerviewing in season, watersports, angling, hikings, rock art viewing and farming in fruit and vegetables. This is the heart of the Rooibostea world. It borders the Sandveld, Cedarberg as well as Namaqualand. Clanwilliam Dam is renowned as the best in the Western Cape for skiing. During August and September thousand of tourists visit the variety of flowers offered by the wild flower garden, 10-day wild flower show en flower routes. National bowls tournaments, a cultural festival, angling competitions, triathlon and fitness festival, interprovincial netball tournament, endurance walk, horse endurance race, are some of the events on its menu.
ATTRACTIONS:
Wild flowers (in season)
Historical town
Rooibostea farms with tours
Hikes to popular rock formations (Cedarberg)
Rock art routes
Velskoen factory
Art gallery
Clanwilliam & Bulshoek dam
Leipoldt's grave
ACTIVITIES
Wild flower show (September), watersport, bowls tournaments, golf tournaments, tennis, squash, jogging, road running, hikings to popular rock formations and rock art, rock climbing, angling, bird watching, river rafting, horse endurance races, historical walk, Cedarberg cultural festival (May), on track adventure weekend, Cedarberg endurance walk, interprovincial netball weekend
NATURE RESERVES
Cedarberg Nature Reserve
Pakhuis Conservancy
Wupperthal Conservancy
PRIVATE GAME RESERVES
Bushmanskloof Private Game Farm
HERITAGE SITES
Leipoldt's grave
The Englishman's grave
Anglo Boer War graves
Groot Trek monument
NATIONAL MONUMENTS
De Erf - 3 & 5 Park Street - oldest farm buildings in Clanwilliam
Old Landdrost Building - 2 Park Street
The old Gaol
Old Dutch Reformed Church (now called "flower church") with old graves
Anglican Church with graves of first inhabitants and soldiers of the Anglo Boer War
The Rectory
Old settler's house
TOURIST ROUTES AND MEANDERS
Cedarberg and Wupperthal 4x4 circle route
Clanwilliam, Vanrhynsdorp, Nieuwoudtville via Botterkloof to Clanwilliam flower route,Clanwilliam, Leipoldt's grave, Sevilla rock art trail, Englishman's grave, Wupperthal
1 or 2-day tour to Cederberg
Clanwilliam via Sandveld (protea farm) to bird island and open-air restaurant at Lambertsbay
Wineroute: Trawal, Klawer, Vredendal, Lutzville via Doringbaai and Heerenlogement Graafwater) to Clanwilliam
Flowerroutes: Klawer, Vredendal, Strandfontein, Doringbaai Clanwilliam
Klawer to Vredendal, Vanrhynsdorp (succulents), Strandfontein,
Doringbaai to Lambertsbay/Clanwilliam
Clanwilliam- Algeria via dirt road and back on N7
Algeria. Dwarsrivier (rock formations) Clanwilliam
Clanwilliam, Bulshoekdam, Nardouwsberg (rock paintings/quad bikes)
Elandsberg Eco Tourism Tours
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