This is the seventeenth in a series of posts covering Cape Town and the surrounding Western Cape region. Clanwilliam is located 240 km north of Cape Town. It is a center of the rooibos tea industry. First stetted in 1725, the town was first known as Jan Disselsvalleij but was changed to Clanwilliam in 1814 by Sir John Cradock who named the town after his father-in-law, the Earl of Clanwilliam. Clanwilliam is one of the then oldest towns in South Africa. The Old Gaol seen below in the first picture is now used as a Museum. It was also used occasionally as a garrison during the Anglo Boer War. The nearby Cederberg Mountains are a major climbing area.
It still looks like paradise to me, Bill.
Posted by: Mick Mather | February 17, 2011 at 12:45 PM