ently sighted black eagles, rock kestrels and jackal buzzards. Geckos, lizards and agamas are commonly seen on the rocks.

Hundreds of rocky overhangs and caves safeguard fine examples of rock art paintings that may be anything from 300 to 6 000 years old, and form an integral part of the wilderness area's fascination.

Cederberg has a number of self-catering cottages.

Reservations for the cottages include day-walks to Waterval, the old Uitkyk Pass and the circular route from Uitkyk to Algeria.

Please note rates exclude

Only 220 km from Cape Town, this 71 000-ha mountain complex is managed by Cape Nature Conservation, principally for conservation of the pure, silt-free water of this catchment area, as a recreation area (one of the few areas in this country where visitors can enjoy the 'wilderness experience') and as a sanctuary for the bio diverse Cape fynbos.

The Cederberg is so diverse in form and structure, so valuable for its plants and animals and so unique in its landscape, that any nature lover, hiker or mountaineer will find its opportunities and challenges difficult to exhaust.

An extensive network (254 km) of unmarked, well maintained footpaths are laid out, and excellent rock climbing opportunities exist.

The Wolfberg Cracks and Arch, the Maltese Cross and Sneeuberg are each the subject of a separate popular day walk from the private farms adjoining the wilderness area in the south.

Erosional processes in the Cedarberg have fashioned a bizarre landscape highlighted by such famous natural rock sculptures as the Maltese Cross and the Wolfberg Arch.

The highest peak, Sneeuberg (2 028 m), is one of the few homes of one of the world's rarest plants, Protea cryophila, the snow protea.

Another unusual species found in the Cederberg is the Clanwilliam cedar, Widdringtonia cedarbergensis, after which the mountain range is named.

Over-exploitation and uncontrolled burning threatened the tree with extinction, but today the Clanwilliam cedar is protected in this wilderness area.

It is hoped that fewer fires and careful management will foster its growth.

Two plants of considerable economic importance - rooibos tea (Aspalathus linear is) and round-leaved buchu (Agathosma betulma) - are also present.

Animal life is diverse in species but not high in numbers, as a result of the low breeding rate, the reasons for which are not yet clear.

Mammals commonly seen include baboon, dassie, grey rhebok and klipspringer.

Bird diversity is not great (81 species) but the fynbos specials - sugar birds, orange breasted sun birds, ground woodpeckers, Cape rock jumpers, and others - are present, in addition to the frequently sighted black eagles, rock kestrels and jackal buzzards. Geckos, lizards and agamas are commonly seen on the rocks.

Hundreds of rocky overhangs and caves safeguard fine examples of rock art paintings that may be anything from 300 to 6 000 years old, and form an integral part of the wilderness area's fascination.

Cederberg has a number of self-catering cottages.

Reservations for the cottages include day-walks to Waterval, the old Uitkyk Pass and the circular route from Uitkyk to Algeria.

Please note rates exclude D

nd challenges difficult to exhaust.

An extensive network (254 km) of unmarked, well maintained footpaths are laid out, and excellent rock climbing opportunities exist.

The Wolfberg Cracks and Arch, the Maltese Cross and Sneeuberg are each the subject of a separate popular day walk from the private farms adjoining the wilderness area in the south.

Erosional processes in the Cedarberg have fashioned a bizarre landscape highlighted by such famous natural rock sculptures as the Maltese Cross and the Wolfberg Arch.

The highest peak, Sneeuberg (2 028 m), is one of the few homes of one of the world's rarest plants, Protea cryophila, the snow protea.

Another unusual species found in the Cederberg is the Clanwilliam cedar, Widdringtonia cedarbergensis, after which the mountain range is named.

Over-exploitation and uncontrolled burning threatened the tree with extinction, but today the Clanwilliam cedar is protected in this wilderness area.

It is hoped that fewer fires and careful management will foster its growth.

Two plants of considerable economic importance - rooibos tea (Aspalathus linear is) and round-leaved buchu (Agathosma betulma) - are also present.

Animal life is diverse in species but not high in numbers, as a result of the low breeding rate, the reasons for which are not yet clear.

Mammals commonly seen include baboon, dassie, grey rhebok and klipspringer.

Bird diversity is not great (81 species) but the fynbos specials - sugar birds, orange breasted sun birds, ground woodpeckers, Cape rock jumpers, and others - are present, in addition to the frequently sighted black eagles, rock kestrels and jackal buzzards. Geckos, lizards and agamas are commonly seen on the rocks.

Hundreds of rocky overhangs and caves safeguard fine examples of rock art paintings that may be anything from 300 to 6 000 years old, and form an integral part of the wilderness area's fascination.

Cederberg has a number of self-catering cottages.

Reservations for the cottages include day-walks to Waterval, the old Uitkyk Pass and the circular route from Uitkyk to Algeria.

Please note rates exclude

est peak, Sneeuberg (2 028 m), is one of the few homes of one of the world's rarest plants, Protea cryophila, the snow protea.

Another unusual species found in the Cederberg is the Clanwilliam cedar, Widdringtonia cedarbergensis, after which the mountain range is named.

Over-exploitation and uncontrolled burning threatened the tree with extinction, but today the Clanwilliam cedar is protected in this wilderness area.

It is hoped that fewer fires and careful management will foster its growth.

Two plants of considerable economic importance - rooibos tea (Aspalathus linear is) and round-leaved buchu (Agathosma betulma) - are also present.

Animal life is diverse in species but not high in numbers, as a result of the low breeding rate, the reasons for which are not yet clear.

Mammals commonly seen include baboon, dassie, grey rhebok and klipspringer.

Bird diversity is not great (81 species) but the fynbos specials - sugar birds, orange breasted sun birds, ground woodpeckers, Cape rock jumpers, and others - are present, in addition to the frequently sighted black eagles, rock kestrels and jackal buzzards. Geckos, lizards and agamas are commonly seen on the rocks.

Hundreds of rocky overhangs and caves safeguard fine examples of rock art paintings that may be anything from 300 to 6 000 years old, and form an integral part of the wilderness area's fascination.

Cederberg has a number of self-catering cottages.

Reservations for the cottages include day-walks to Waterval, the old Uitkyk Pass and the circular route from Uitkyk to Algeria.

Please note rates exclude

economic importance - rooibos tea (Aspalathus linear is) and round-leaved buchu (Agathosma betulma) - are also present.

Animal life is diverse in species but not high in numbers, as a result of the low breeding rate, the reasons for which are not yet clear.

Mammals commonly seen include baboon, dassie, grey rhebok and klipspringer.

Bird diversity is not great (81 species) but the fynbos specials - sugar birds, orange breasted sun birds, ground woodpeckers, Cape rock jumpers, and others - are present, in addition to the frequently sighted black eagles, rock kestrels and jackal buzzards. Geckos, lizards and agamas are commonly seen on the rocks.

Hundreds of rocky overhangs and caves safeguard fine examples of rock art paintings that may be anything from 300 to 6 000 years old, and form an integral part of the wilderness area's fascination.

Cederberg has a number of self-catering cottages.

Reservations for the cottages include day-walks to Waterval, the old Uitkyk Pass and the circular route from Uitkyk to Algeria.

Please note rates exclude

ently sighted black eagles, rock kestrels and jackal buzzards. Geckos, lizards and agamas are commonly seen on the rocks.

Hundreds of rocky overhangs and caves safeguard fine examples of rock art paintings that may be anything from 300 to 6 000 years old, and form an integral part of the wilderness area's fascination.

Cederberg has a number of self-catering cottages.

Reservations for the cottages include day-walks to Waterval, the old Uitkyk Pass and the circular route from Uitkyk to Algeria.

Please note rates exclude December & January school holiday period.

Accommodation at Uitkyk is basic cottage, where 10 people can overnight in three seperate rooms. It is in the mountanis a few kilometers from Algeria.