Western Cape Travel Guide

HOME Brochure Downloads SOUTH AFRICA Cape Town Metro Eastern Cape Free State Garden Route Gauteng Kruger Park Kwazulu Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North West Northern Cape Western Cape AFRICA Botswana Kenya Malawi Mozambique Namibia Swaziland Tanzania Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe Advertising	See also Cape Town Metro & Garden Route Spreading like a carpet from the foot of Cape Town's distinctive, flat-topped Table Mountain, the Western Cape reveals itself as a province of delightful diversity. The diversity of the Western Cape is vast, and therefore has been divided up into eight regions, far more than any other province. The regions are The Cape Metropole, Winelands, Overberg, Breede River Valley, West Coast (which includes Swartland & Sandveld and the Olifants River Valley), Garden Route, Klein Karoo and Central Karoo. Between the Cape Metropoles' mountain cliffs and the sun speckled sweep of Table Bay lie many of the world's most famous beaches. Leaving the Tavern of the Seas, travel the Winelands' undulating vineyards, where autumn's rust contrasts brilliantly with the whitewashed architecture of 17th century French and Dutch settlers. Quaint towns, set in verdant valleys, offer uncommon hospitality and some of the world's finest wines, fortifying those keen to explore the orchards, vineyards and rivers of the lush Breede River Valley. Alternatively, roam sun-blasted heatscapes on the West Coast, where ribbons of sand ripple to shimmering horizons. In small hamlets clustered around boast and the cruel sea, old salts and sea dogs spin long, chuckling yarns around traditional, seafood barbecues (braais). In the neighbouring Swartland & Sandveld, fields of golden wheat thread green vineyards, weaving a tapestry of visual magic. It is a magic mirrored in the Olifants River Valley, famous for its breathtaking show of spring flowers. The valley harvests a rich citrus crop south of the Cederberg Wilderness Area's magnificent rock formations. To the north, the stark, arid beauty of the desert beckons. East of the Cape Peninsula and the Winelands, the Hottentots Holland Mountains end in the Overberg, a rugged coastal range rolling to Africa's southernmost tip, Cape Agulhas. Home to the Southern Right whale and dotted with seaside resorts, the Overberg borders the Garden Route, a bewitching world of indigenous forests, enchanting freshwater lakes, golden beaches and mystic mountains. Its tropical vegetation and brilliantly coloured fauna and flora are offset sharply by the semidesert, ostrich-farming Klein Karoo and the vast, copper-coloured plains of the prehistoric Central Karoo. Once home to the ancient civilisations of the Khoi-Khoi and the San, the Western Cape today emanates a seductive aura of tranquillity, adventure and excitement.	click to view map BREEDE RIVER VALLEY Bonnievale Ceres McGregor Montagu Robertson KAROO Beaufort West Calitzdorp Oudtshoorn Van Wyksdorp OVERBERG Arniston Betty's Bay Gansbaai Hermanus Kleinmond Rooiels Struisbaai Swellendam Villiersdorp Witsand WEST COAST Coming Soon!! WINELANDS Coming Soon!! PARKS & RESERVES Agulhas Nat Park Bontebok Nat Park Karoo Nat Park West Coast Nat Park
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