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Arniston/Waenhuiskrans Arniston offers a wealth of natural assets and unspoilt beauty. The jagged coastline with its countless wrecks is a chilling tribute to the sea farers of yesteryear. Arniston derives its name from one of these wrecks, namely the British 'Arniston' which sank here in 1815... Learn more

Bredasdorp Bredasdorp was founded in 1838 by a local farmer Michiel van Breda who promoted the project for a Dutch Reformed centre on the Langefontein farm. It was known as South Africa's first "dorp"(town). Van Breda and another leading personality, Pieter Voltelyn van der Byl, could not agree where the church should be built. ... Learn more

Elim Elim is a picturesque unique historical village, situated halfway on the dirt-road from Gansbaai to Bredasdorp. It was founded as a Moravian mission station in 1824 on the site of an existing farm called Vogelstruiskraal... Learn more

L'Agulhas & Suiderstrand L' Agulhas is the southern most town in Africa where the Indian and Atlantic Oceans officially meet. Early Portuguese seafarers rounding this dangerous point called it L'Agulhas which means Cape of Needles (referring to the jagged rocks of the coastline and also the fact that a compass shows no real deviation between true north and magnetic north at this spot)... Learn more

Napier The road to Napier takes you through never ending fields of wheat and barley, where the endangered Blue Crane can often be seen gathered together in large flocks. Napier is situated under the Soetmuisberg, surrounded by wheat and barley fields, near the southern-most region of Africa, the Overberg... Learn more

Struisbaai Struisbaai is a coastal settlement near the Southern Tip of Africa and there is some debate as to the origin of the name \"Struisbaai\". Some authorities
believe that it means \"straw bay\", referring to the thatch roofs of the fishermen's cottages here... Learn more