Cederberg Wilderness
A rugged range of orange sandstone peaks north of Cape Town, known for odd rock formations such as the Wolfberg Arch and Maltese Cross. It has hiking trails, ancient San rock paintings and the rare Clanwilliam cedar, which gives the range its name.
- Where
- Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa
- Grade
- UNESCO heritage
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 8 for its grade
- Coordinates
- -32.3333, 19.0833
Get the Cederberg Wilderness stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Cederberg Wilderness. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Western Cape volume with your photos and a note.
Near Cederberg Wilderness
West Coast National Park 131 km
A coastal park 88 km north of Cape Town, built around the Langebaan Lagoon inside the Cape West Coast Biosphere Reserve. It is a major wetland for migrant birds, and wildflowers carpet the hills in spring.
Dassen Island 153 km
A flat low island off the west coast, about 9 kilometres from the mainland, with a lighthouse built in 1893. It is a nature reserve and breeding site for African penguins, and access is limited to researchers and managers.
Afrikaans Language Monument 160 km
A concrete and granite monument on a hillside above Paarl, opened in 1975 to mark the 50th anniversary of Afrikaans as an official language. Its tall curved columns and a large dome stand for the influences that shaped the language.
Southern African Large Telescope 162 km
The largest single optical telescope in the southern hemisphere, with a mirror 11 metres across, on a dry hill near Sutherland in the Karoo. It began work in 2005 and the site has tours by day and stargazing events in the dark night sky.
Robben Island 177 km
A low island in Table Bay, a short ferry ride from Cape Town, used for centuries as a prison and place of exile. Nelson Mandela spent 18 of his 27 years in custody here, and former prisoners now guide visitors around the site, a World Heritage Site since 1999.
V&A Waterfront 185 km
A working harbour turned shopping and dining district in Cape Town, named after Queen Victoria's son Alfred and Victoria herself. It has restaurants, markets, a large aquarium and the Zeitz Museum, with Table Mountain behind and ferries to Robben Island.
Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa 186 km
A museum of contemporary African art inside a converted grain silo on the Cape Town waterfront, opened in 2017. Architect Thomas Heatherwick carved out its atrium from the concrete tubes, and the building has nine floors of galleries and a rooftop sculpture garden.
Signal Hill 187 km
A flat topped hill beside Lion's Head, overlooking Cape Town's city bowl and the Atlantic seaboard. The Noon Gun, fired each day from a battery on its slope since 1806, can be seen at 12 o'clock, and the summit is popular at sunset.
More UNESCO World Heritage sites in Western Cape
Questions
Where is Cederberg Wilderness?
Cederberg Wilderness is in Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are West Coast National Park (131 km), Dassen Island (153 km), Afrikaans Language Monument (160 km).
How do I get the Cederberg Wilderness stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Cederberg Wilderness and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Western Cape volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Cederberg Wilderness before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Western Cape volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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