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  • More InfoUpdated: July 2019
    Queen Victoria Profile
    • Baviaanskloof
    One of the well known landmarks in the Gamtoos River Valley in the Eastern Cape is the Queen Victoria Profile on the road between Patensie and the Baviaanskloof. The profile is the result of erosion of the sheer cliff and can be...
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  • More InfoUpdated: March 2015
    Gideon Scheepers Memorial
    • Graaff-Reinet
    During the Anglo-Boer War Gideon Scheepers formed his own commando, which operated in the Cape Midlands. He was captured by the British troops and charges of alleged war crimes were laid against him. At the court hearings in...
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  • More InfoUpdated: November 2023
    St James’ Anglican Church
    • Graaff-Reinet
    The oldest original church building in use is St James’ Church situated in Somerset Street. The original church consisting of the present nave was built and consecrated on the 29 October 1850. The chancel and sanctuary were...
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  • More InfoUpdated: March 2015
    Andries Pretorius Monument
    • Graaff-Reinet
    This monument in memory of the Voortrekker leader was erected in 1943. The monument can be seen about 3 km from the town, at the Camdeboo National Park Offices on the N9 to Middelburg, the route to the north and into the...
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  • More InfoUpdated: July 2019
    The Old Gamtoos River Bridge
    • Gamtoos Valley
    The old Gamtoos River bridge was opened in 1895 and replaced the pont that was used to cross the Gamtoos River since the mid 1800's.
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    • History
  • More InfoUpdated: August 2016
    Old Powder Magazine
    • Graaff-Reinet
    The old powder magazine stands alone on the hill to the north of Graaff Reinet.
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  • More InfoUpdated: June 2014
    Garden Route National Park
    • Tsitsikamma
    Along the South Coast of South Africa lies one of the most beautiful stretches of coastline in the world, home to the Garden Route National Park. A mosaic of ecosystems, it encompasses the world renowned Tsitsikamma and Southern...
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    • Wildlife & Nature
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  • More InfoUpdated: July 2019
    M'Bashe Lighthouse
    • Qora Mouth
    Known as M'bashe lighthouse, it remained standing until it was demolished in 1944, although a few remains are still evident on the road that takes one to The Haven. Today's lighthouse is a lattice steel structure roughly 250...
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  • More InfoUpdated: March 2019
    The Roman Catholic Church
    • Graaff-Reinet
    The present day Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception in Bourke Street, between Somerset and Middle Streets, was consecrated on the 23rd April 1957 and the High Alter on the 24th April 1957. First class relics of St Pius X...
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  • More InfoUpdated: May 2019
    The Methodist Church (Trinity Methodist Church)
    • Graaff-Reinet
    In 1871 the foundation stone of the Trinity Church on the corner of Caledon and Bourke Streets was laid and on the 15 September 1875 the official opening of the church took place. In 1894 it was necessary to enlarge the building...
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  • More InfoUpdated: September 2020
    Valley of Desolation
    • Graaff-Reinet
    Sheer cliffs and precariously balanced columns of Dolerite rise 120 metres from the valley floor, against the timeless backdrop of the vast plains of the Camdeboo. This is the product of volcanic and erosive forces of nature over...
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  • More InfoUpdated: April 2015
    Monument to the Independent Colony
    • Graaff-Reinet
    The Drostdy at Graaff-Reinet was established in response to petitions from the Boers of the region. On 6 February 1795 a gathering proclaimed the "Graaff-Reinet Colony"
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  • More InfoUpdated: July 2019
    Darlington Dam - Lake Mentz
    • Kirkwood
    • Addo
    • Jansenville
    Darlington Dam, also referred to as Lake Mentz. is a gravity type dam situated in the Sundays River, near Kirkwood, in Eastern Cape, South Africa. It was established in 1922 and was renovated in 1952. The dam has a capacity of...
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  • More InfoUpdated: October 2020
    Kouga Dam
    • Baviaanskloof
    The dam is a double curvature arch dam 82 m high with a storage capacity of 128,7 million m3. Provision was made in the design to allow for a future raising of the water level by some 15,2 m. The construction of the wall marked...
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  • More InfoUpdated: March 2019
    The Gereformeerde Kerk
    • Graaff-Reinet
    The original foundation stone for this building situated on the corner of Bourke and Middle Streets was laid on the 9th July 1913. After undergoing many transformations including being used as a cinema the building was...
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  • More InfoUpdated: July 2019
    Hankey Sundial
    • Baviaanskloof
    The biggest sundial in Africa and the Southern Hemisphere is located just outside of Hankey. It was completed 1989, has a diameter of 34.6m and the gnomon is 18m high, and weighs one ton.
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    • History
  • More InfoUpdated: March 2015
    Anglo-Boer War Memorial
    • Graaff-Reinet
    Dedicated to Boer soldiers "in memory of the fallen in the struggle for Freedom and Justice".
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  • More InfoUpdated: September 2017
    Rock Art at Ganora Guest Farm
    Ganora Guest Farm has various shelters where ancient rock art were found. Guests can be taken to one where there is a variety of rock art to view. From a few hunderd years of the Khoi to about 8000 years of the San people. A...
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  • More InfoUpdated: June 2017
    The Hole in the Wall
    • Coffee Bay
    The Hole in the Wall is one of the most interesting landmarks of the Wild Coast. It consists of an arch created by the relentless pounding of the waves over millions of years wearing away the softer sandstone and shale leaving...
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  • More InfoUpdated: April 2015
    The Monument to Jewish Pedlars
    • Graaff-Reinet
    The important role played by the Jewish "smous" in the sparsely populated interior of the Cape Colony is recognised in a simple monument erected alongside College Road.
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  • More InfoUpdated: October 2020
    Sarah Baartman
    • Baviaanskloof
    Very little is known about the early years of this Khoekhoe girl. She was born around 1789 in the Eastern Cape, somewhere in the vicinity of the Gamtoos river. By 1806 she had moved to the Western Cape and stayed in rural...
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  • More InfoUpdated: April 2015
    Krugersdorp Monument
    • Graaff-Reinet
    The scaled-down replica of the Paardekraal monument was erected south of the bridge over the Sundays River.
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  • More InfoUpdated: April 2015
    The War Memorial
    • Graaff-Reinet
    Three months after the end of the first World War a public meeting was called by the Mayor, Mr. H Urquhart, at which it was decided to erect a monument, on the most prominent site in town, in honour of the gallant Graaff-Reinet...
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  • More InfoUpdated: April 2015
    NG Kerk (Dutch Reformed Church)
    The Dutch Reformed church in Jansenville has an unusual external Bell-Tower complete with bell that is rung to this day. The tower is typically Victorian styled complete with plaster quoins. The organ replaced the original...
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  • More InfoUpdated: March 2015
    Victoria Hall Graaff-Reinet Town Hall
    • Graaff-Reinet
    On the 26 June 1902 the foundation stone of the new Town Hall in Church Square named “The Victoria Hall” was laid but building operations only started in April 1910. The town hall was designed along Flemish Renaissance lines.
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  • More InfoUpdated: January 2016
    The Huguenot Monument Graaff Reinet
    • Graaff-Reinet
    In 1988 South Africa celebrated the 300th anniversary of the arrival of the French Huguenots in the country. To mark this occasion a small monument in the form of a pyramid was erected in Church Square, Graaff Reinet.
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  • More InfoUpdated: April 2015
    The Union Monument
    • Graaff-Reinet
    The monument commemorates the Union of South Africa and is a stone pyramid erected on Magazine Hill.
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  • More InfoUpdated: June 2017
    Jacaranda Shipwreck
    • Kei Mouth
    The Jacaranda shipwreck lies on the Wild coast of South Africa in the Eastern Cape. It’s the most untouched coast line of South Africa and has a reputation for wild storms and unpredictable ocean currents.
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  • More InfoUpdated: June 2017
    Magwa Waterfall
    • Mbotyi
    The Magwa Waterfall lies in the middle of the 1 800 hectare Magwa tea plantation, South Africa's last remaining tea estate just outside Lusikisiki.
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  • More InfoUpdated: May 2018
    Dutch Reformed Church – Nuwe Kerk
    • Graaff-Reinet
    Due to discontent in the congregation a split occurred in the Groot Kerk. The main cause of the breakaway segment’s dissatisfaction seems to have been centered on the autocratic personality of the Rev Naude.
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  • More InfoUpdated: July 2019
    Cape St Francis Lighthouse
    • Cape St Francis
    Seal Point lighthouse continues to watch over the coast and has done for almost 123 years resulting in fewer shipwrecks. Enjoy a guided tour through this sentinel of the sea.
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  • More InfoUpdated: May 2023
    Dutch Reformed Church - NG Graaff-Reinet
    • Graaff-Reinet
    The first recorded church was in Church Street. Building of a church started in 1792 but was destroyed by fire in 1799 before it could be completed. A second church was completed in September 1800 on the site of the present Dutch...
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  • More InfoUpdated: July 2019
    Phillips Tunnel
    • Baviaanskloof
    The Phillips Tunnel is the oldest irrigation tunnel in South Africa. Construction on the tunnel started in 1843 by William Phillip with the help of Khoi labourers and in just more than a year they completed the 228 meter tunnel...
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  • More InfoUpdated: October 2020
    Loerie Dam
    • Baviaanskloof
    The Loerie dam was built as part of the Kouga dam scheme with the purpose of supplying Port Elizabeth with water. The dam includes a filtration and pump system to balance the pressure in the pipelines, controlled by one of the...
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