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Monday, 18 October 2010

Vanrhynsdorp discovered

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Vanrhynsdorp discovered

Vanrhynsdorp dis­covered

Vanrhynsdorp, in the heart of the Nama Karoo, might appear small, but for a Sunday the place is buzz­ing. Even the tour­ist inform­a­tion is open and Shaun is very quick to thrust a town map in my hand, from which I quickly ascer­tain that there are seven build­ings of his­tor­ical note that include the Kokerboom suc­cu­lent nurs­ery on Voortrekker Road, that is closed.

Bad luck really, as we want to visit it. No prob­lem. Because we have also worked out that trav­el­ling along the dirt R364 from Nieuwoudtville, to which we are mak­ing our way, back to Clanwilliam is far from a sane idea in a sedan, and that we will more than likely make our way back again on Monday via Vanrhynsdorp. So, the chance to ogle suc­cu­lents is still high on the list of pri­or­it­ies. Particularly as we've very much missed the very short flower sea­son that places Vanrhynsdorp on the map every year and is the main reason people visit here. Continued

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Friday, 15 October 2010

The Olifants River Valley — a stay in Vredendal

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Olifants River Valley

Olifants River Valley

The most amaz­ing sur­prise for me was see­ing the expanse of grapev­ines along the banks of the Olifants River. These begin just out­side Clanwilliam and con­tinue for miles like a great, green swathe on either side of the river.

I had read about the Olifants River Valley as a wine-producing area. I was pre­pared, in a way, but the actual evid­ence is non­ethe­less unex­pec­ted. Huge dia­ducts guide water to vari­ous parts of the wine  farms that grace the banks of the river and palm trees are aplenty. I think it is the sheer auda­city at this amount of green in an area that is pre­dom­in­anty dry and arid that gets me. Continued

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Wednesday, 29 October 2008

Ceres — it's not just about the Fruit

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Cherry picking

Cherry pick­ing

Ceres, in the Western Cape, is named for the Roman god­dess of the har­vest and plenty. Living up to this name, the town has a repu­ta­tion as one of the best fruit grow­ing areas in South Africa, and accounts for a large amount of the pro­duc­tion of decidu­ous and other fruit in the Cape.

The fruit industry here so per­meates the every day life of the town that the fruit grow­ers have developed a tour through their factor­ies to allow a peek into what makes the fruit from this area bet­ter than most, as well as tours of the farms, where the pre­cious har­vest is grown and dried for local use and export. For an even more inter­act­ive (not to men­tion deli­cious) exper­i­ence, the Klondyke Cherry Farm just out­side town offers vis­it­ors the chance to pick and sample this sweet, tart fruit. For some­thing guar­an­teed to appeal to kids of all ages, an incon­gru­ous part­ner­ship, yet worth a visit none the less is the toy car col­lec­tion at Valley Funerals, which cur­rently bears the hon­our of being the largest privately owned col­lec­tion of this type in South Africa. Continued

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