A typical Cederberg view

The area is famous for San (Bushman) paintings, as well as strange and unusual rock formations such as the Arch and the Maltese cross. It is also an area where the Cape Leopard still roams freely, as do baboons and many other types of wildlife.

Hiking trails vary from easy to strenuous and there is an opportunity to wander for days camping wherever the mood takes you. Alternatively guest houses are plentiful in the larger  towns such as Clanwilliam.

Explore the Cederberg on an organised hike with Ridgway Ramblers

“A wilderness in contrast with those areas where man and his own works dominate the landscape, is hereby recognised as an area where the earth snd its community of life are untrammeled by man. Where man himself is a visitor who does not remain.” (US congress Wilderness Act 1964)