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Bontebok National Park is a place of simplistic beauty and peaceful
charm. The majestic Langeberg Mountains provide a picturesque backdrop
for this Park of colorful riches. A part of the Cape Floral Kingdom,
now heralded as a world heritage site, Bontebok National Park always
offers something in bloom.
The Park is proud to promote its achievements in biodiversity
conservation, from the endangered fynbos veld type, coastal
Renosterveld to the namesake bontebok! Once these colorful antelope
numbered a mere 17, and through effective management we are proud to
affirm that the present world population amounts to around 3000. The
Park offers much more for nature lovers, from a diversity of indigenous
animal life to over 200 remarkable bird species.
The Breede River provides an idyllic western border to the park and
offers guests scenery, bird watching, fishing, and a refreshing
swimming spot. Visitors can also get a profound familiarity of the
Park’s endless sights and sounds while on one of the various hiking
trails or on a winding bike trip. Furthermore, Bontebok provides its
guests with an experience of South African culture.
Connect to the people of the past and learn about how the Khoisan
lived and changed through local history. Come and enjoy all we have to
offer, from adventure or a lazy day braai to a relaxing stay in a Park
of natural and cultural tranquility.
Areas of Special Interest
Bontebok is an excellent place to use as a home base to visit:
- The wine routes and historic buildings of Swellendam, Robertson, Montagu, Ashton and Bonnievale.
- The hot springs in Montagu.
- A
six-day hiking trail that winds through the Langeberg Mountains in
Marloth Nature Reserve and is rated amongst the top hiking trails in
Southern Africa.
- The Drostdy Museum that will transport you back through the history of the Swellendam area.
5 Things to seek
- Bontebok
- Cape Mountain Zebra
- Stanley’s Bustard
- Breede River
- Lang Elsie’s Kraal
Did you know that...
- The park was proclaimed in 1931 to protect the last 30 Bontebok left in the wild?
- It is also one of the largest remaining 'renosterveld islands' containing several plant species found nowhere else in the world?
- It is also the smallest of South Africa's 20 National Parks?
- It has a high density of rare and endangered bird life, fynbos species and animal life?
- The Breede River runs through it?
- The rest camp is named after the 'Hessekwa' khoi-khoi chieftainess called 'Lang Elsie'?
- The Hessekwa traded with the first Dutch settlers who landed in Cape Town in 1652?
- The park has a spectacular view of the Langeberg mountains?
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