Cape Town / Cederberg

Distance
273 km (170 mi)

Itinerary
8 am to 4 pm
After breakfast, your tour departs Cape Town and heads for the natural drama of the Cederberg Mountains. The drive of around three and a half hours follows the N7 route northwards, traversing the Swartland with its silvery sheaths of renosterbos, which darken dramatically after the winter rains. After Piketberg, the road passes through the Olifants River Valley at the foot of the Cederberg - a region known for its proliferation of citrus farms. The route traces the Olifants River to Clanwilliam, where the river is impounded in the Clanwilliam Dam. The rock formations and mountains increase radically as the road turns east into the Cederberg Wilderness Reserve. Bushmans Kloof is located in the eastern foothills of the Cederberg Mountains. The reserve covers 7,500 hectares, encompassing leagues of the Cape Floral Kingdom and 130 Bushman rock art sites. Fauna like Cape mountain zebra, bontebok, red hartebeest, ostrich, and gemsbok roam the landscape. With no towns or cities for miles around, the effervescence of the night sky will take your breath away.
Your stay at Bushmans Kloof includes a daily full English breakfast, à la carte light lunch, afternoon high tea and à la carte dinner, and a variety of enriching and exhilarating activities, including nature drives, guided rock art excursions, botanical walks, canoeing, archery, fly-fishing, hiking, and swimming, as well as special interest presentations (birding, stargazing, entomology, and rock art). Spa treatments are available at an additional cost.