Overberg Things to Do and Accommodation
ACCOMMODATION AND THINGS TO DO IN THE OVERBERG
The Overberg District Municipality is a district municipality that
governs the Overberg region
in the Western Cape province
of South Africa. It is divided
into four local municipalities and
includes the major towns of Caledon [Theewaterkoof Municipality], Hermanus [Strandveld Municipality], Bredasdorp[Cape Agulhas Municipality] and Swellendam [Swellendam Municipality].
List of Towns in the Overberg: Arniston, Baardskeerdersbos, Barrydale, Bettys Bay,
Botrivier, Bredasdorp, Caledon, Cape Agulhas, De Hoop Nature Reserve, De
Kelders, Elgin, Elim, Gansbaai, Grabouw, Greyton, Hermanus, Infanta, Kleinbaai,
Kleinmond, Napier, Pearly Beach, Pringle Bay, Riviersonderend, Rooi-Els, Sanbona
Wildlife Reserve, Stanford, Struisbaai, Suurbraak, Swellendam, Suiderstrand
Vermaaklikheid, Villiersdorp, Witsand.
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Overberg is a region in South Africa to
the east of Cape Town beyond the Hottentots-Holland mountains. It lies along
the Western Cape Province's south coast between the Cape Peninsula and the
region known as the Garden Route in the east. The boundaries of the Overberg
are the Hottentots-Holland mountains in the West; the Riviersonderend
Mountains, part of the Cape Fold Belt, in the North; the Atlantic and Indian
Oceans in the South and the Breede River in the East.
The area has always been considered as
the breadbasket of the Cape and is largely given to grain farming — mainly
wheat. The wheat fields are a major breeding ground for South Africa's national
bird, the blue crane. Another important crop in the Overberg is fruit, with the
Elgin Valley producing about 60 percent of the total annual apple crop.
Nestled in the Overberg, one can find
the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve (recognised and registered with UNESCO)
populated with a large diversity of flowering plants not found anywhere else in
the fynbos biome.
The major towns are Hermanus, Caledon,
Bredasdorp, Grabouw and Swellendam and the region includes Cape Agulhas, the
southernmost point of Africa. The landscape is dominated by gently to
moderately undulating hills enclosed by mountains and the ocean.