Western Cape
Campsites
- 3320BCAnysberg CampsitesKlein Karoo, Western CapeAnysberg Nature Reserve covers about 79,600 ha of Klein Karoo plains and mountains between Ladismith, Laingsburg, Touwsrivier and Montagu. It has five…
- 3219CCBeaverlac CampsiteOlifants River Mountains (Grootfontein farm), Western CapeA campsite on a 5,000-hectare private valley high in the Olifants River Mountains above Porterville, where the Ratel and Olifants rivers run through…
- 3219CBCederberg Park (Kromrivier)Cederberg, Western CapeCederberg Park is on the Kromrivier farm, roughly 250 km north of Cape Town, and describes itself as the oldest tourist destination in the central…
- 3320CCDe Bos CampsiteRoute 62, Klein Karoo, Western CapeA shaded campsite on a small pecan-nut farm in Montagu, within walking distance of the town centre on Route 62. Pecan, oak and karee trees cover the…
- 3420ADDe Hoop Opstal CampsiteDe Hoop Nature Reserve, Western CapeTen campsites in the Opstal area of De Hoop Nature Reserve, near the reserve offices, restaurant and shop by De Hoop Vlei. Each site has a braai and…
- 3323CCDiepwalle Forest Camp (Knysna Lakes Section)Garden Route National Park (Knysna Lakes section), Western CapeRaised timber camping decks in the Diepwalle Forest, reached from the N2 via the gravel R339 Uniondale road above Knysna. Each deck takes one tent and…
- 3219ACDriehoek Guest Farm CampsiteCederberg, Western CapeCamping on a working farm in the central Cederberg, reached by about 37 km of gravel road from the N7 past Algeria. The grassed sites lie under shade…
- 3321DBGamkaberg CampsiteKlein Karoo, Western CapeThree campsites near the office at the foot of the Gamkaberg, looking across the Klein Karoo valley to the Swartberg. Two have sheltered areas for…
- 3320CAGecko Rock CampsitesNougaspoort Valley, Karoo, Western CapeTwo campsites on a private Karoo reserve about 25 km from Touws River. De Wet's Rus is the larger group site, for up to 20 vehicles, with a cold-water…
- 3421ABGrootvadersbosch CampsitesOverberg (Langeberg), Western CapeThe campground at CapeNature's Grootvadersbosch Nature Reserve looks onto indigenous forest and has two parts. Campsite B has nine decked tent sites…
- 3219ACJamaka Organic Farm CampsiteCederberg, Western CapeJamaka is a working organic citrus, mango and rooibos farm in the Cederberg that also runs cottages and camping. It has two camping grounds on the…
- 3222ADKaroo National Park Rest CampGreat Karoo, Western CapeThe main rest camp of Karoo National Park has 24 camping and caravan sites alongside its Cape Dutch-style cottages. Campers share communal ablutions…
- 3423ABKeurbooms Lagoon Caravan ParkGarden Route, Western CapeA large caravan and camping park on the Keurbooms lagoon, on the N2 just east of Plettenberg Bay opposite Old Nick. It has about 270 grassed sites, 32…
- 3219AAKliphuis CampsiteCederberg, Western CapeA small CapeNature campsite in the Pakhuis Pass, in the northern part of the Cederberg Wilderness Area. Its 14 sites sit beside the Kliphuis River,…
- 3420ABLang Elsie's Kraal Rest Camp (Bontebok National Park)Bontebok National Park, Western CapeThe only overnight camp in Bontebok National Park, set on the Breede River below the Langeberg near Swellendam. Alongside the chalets there are…
- 3323DCNature's Valley Rest Camp (De Vasselot)Garden Route National Park (Tsitsikamma section), Western CapeA forest camp on the Groot River in the De Vasselot area of the Tsitsikamma section, about 30 km from Plettenberg Bay. Its 65 campsites sit under…
- 3219CBNuwerust Rest CampSouthern Cederberg (Breekkrans river valley), Western CapeA rest camp with campsites and cottages in the Breekkrans river valley in the southern Cederberg, about 245 km from Cape Town. The operator recommends…
- 3219ADSanddrif Holiday ResortCederberg, Western CapeA family-run resort on the Dwarsrivier farm in the central Cederberg, about 250 km from Cape Town, with the last stretch on gravel. The main camp has…
- 3219CAThe Baths Caravan & CampingOlifants River valley, Western CapeCamping and caravan stands in a kloof on a citrus farm near Citrusdal, below the resort's natural hot springs. The sites are deeply shaded by wild…
- 3217DDTietiesbaai Campsite (Cape Columbine Nature Reserve)West Coast, Western CapeA seafront campsite in the 263 ha Cape Columbine Nature Reserve, about 5 km from Paternoster on a gravel road that a sedan can manage. There are 60…
- 3319CATweede Tol CampsiteBreede Valley (Bainskloof Pass), Western CapeTweede Tol sits at the original 1853 tollgate on the Bainskloof Pass, inside CapeNature's Limietberg Nature Reserve. There are 20 standard sites plus…
- 3322DCWilderness Ebb-and-Flow Rest CampGarden Route (Wilderness), Western CapeThis camp in the Wilderness section of the Garden Route National Park offers camping beside the Touw River and the Serpentine, as well as log cabins.…
Trails & passes
All trails- 3320CAGecko Rock Seattle 4x4 TrailNougaspoort Valley, Karoo (near Touws River), Western CapeThe main 4x4 route on Gecko Rock Private Nature Reserve, about 25 km from Touws River, named after Chief Seattle. It runs over sand, gravel and rock…
- 3319DBLeeuwenboschfontein 4x4 Mountain TrailNougaspoort, between Touws River, De Doorns and Montagu, Western CapeA circular 20 km mountain trail on a guest farm off the R318 Nougaspoort road, the last 12 km on gravel. It starts at the main house, crosses…
- 3222ADNuweveld 4x4 TrailKaroo National Park, Western CapeA circular 4x4 route that branches west off the Potlekkertjie Loop in Karoo National Park and returns to the rest camp. The round trip via Embizweni…
- 3222ADPienaars Pass TrailKaroo National Park, Western CapeA short 4x4 route in Karoo National Park that climbs to the park's middle plateau. SANParks describes it as the first route of its kind in its parks,…
- 3322ACSwartberg 4x4 RouteSwartberg Nature Reserve, Western CapeA 25.6 km out-and-back 4x4 route that starts at the top of the Swartberg Pass, just past Die Top, and runs south-east along the crest of the Swartberg…
- 3321DBZebra Crossing 4x4 RouteGamkaberg Nature Reserve (Klein Karoo), Western CapeAn out-and-back route from the Gamkaberg reserve office up onto the plateau, where most of the reserve's herd animals graze. CapeNature calls it…
