PIKETBERG, GOEDVERWACHT & WITTEWATER
Snuggled against the Piket Mountain lies Piketberg, an area of vast contrasts and beauty. It traverses rugged mountains and shelters bountiful valleys. that beauty is magnified by the unexpectedness of it all. Piketberg is nestled between rolling wheat fields, vineyards, fruit growing farms and rich fynbos.
The winding Versveld Pass takes you to the top of Piket mountain and offers panoramic and breathtaking views of the region's large fruit and grain farms. on top of the mountain you are treated to spectacular views towards the West Coast and Table Mountain. Ancient rock formations are characteristic to the mountain range and surprise the most active imagination. This area is well known for its indigenous plants, variety of fynbos, protea species, deciduous fruit and wines.
Information
Piketberg
Goedverwacht
| • | Goedverwacht Tourism Bureau
PO Box 65
Goedverwacht
7323 | T/F: 022 912 4410 |
Attractions
Piketberg
• | Piket-bo-Berg | 022 913 2063 |
| • | Versveld Pass | 022 913 2063 |
| • | Canon used as warning of approaching Khoi-San at Piketberg High School | 022 913 1134 |
| • | Dunn's castle | 022 913 2470 |
| • | Intaba Fruit Processing | 022 914 5050 |
| • | Expofruit | 022 913 2190 |
| • | PPC (Cement Factory, De Hoek) | 022 913 8100 |
| • | Winkelshoek Wine Cellar | 022 913 1095 |
| • | Piketberg Museum | 022 913 1126 |
| • | Org de Rac Domain Organic Wine Cellar | 022 913 2397 |
Goedverwacht
| • | Historical buildings, hiking trails, flowers in spring,
Watermill, Old cemetary (last slave grave). | 022 921 4410 |
| • | 4X4 Route | 022 921 4410 |
Activities
Piketberg
| • | Mountain Biking | 022 914 5611 |
| • | Golf | 022 913 1939 |
| • | Hiking Trails | 022 913 2063 |
| • | Horse Riding | 022 914 5853 |
| • | Swimming | 022 913 1126 |
| • | Bird Watching | 022 913 2063 |
Accommodation
Piketberg
GUEST HOUSES IN TOWN
| • | De Berge | 022 913 2836 |
| • | Pulpetaan | 022 913 1119 |
GUEST HOUSES OUT OF TOWN
| • | Kliprivier Guest House | 022 942 1803
083 265 7585 |
| • | Old Kapteinskloof Guest House | 022 912 4605 |
| • | Dunn's Castle | 022 913 2740 |
SELF-CATERING IN TOWN
| • | Christina's Self-Catering House | 022 913 2664 |
SELF-CATERING OUT OF TOWN
| • | Adullan Mountain & Waterfall Cottages | 022 914 5777 |
| • | Dunn's Castle | 022 913 2470 |
| • | Eikevrug | 022 914 5800 |
| • | Excelsior Farm | 022 914 5853 |
• | Peach Cottage | 022 914 5656 |
• | Pomona Farm | 022 914 5611 |
• | Tamarak | 022 914 5601 |
CARAVAN PARK + CAMPING
| • | Caravan Park | 022 913 1126
083 272 3958 |
| • | Piket-bo-berg Tea Garden | 022 914 5626 |
Goedverwacht
| • | Homestays, Guest Houses, Campsite (informal) | 022 921 4410 |
Restaurants
Piketberg
| • | Country Kitchen | 082 501 5276 |
| • | Mountain Creak Spur | 022 913 1819 |
| • | Sinkdakkie | 022 913 1819 |
| • | Soetkysie | 022 913 2324 |
| • | Piket-bo-Berg Nursery & Tea Garden | 022 914 5626 |
Tourist Routes
Piketberg
CULTURAL HISTORICAL
| • | AME Church - Historic Gallery | 022 913 2511 |
| • | Anglo Boer War - Piketberg Museum | 022 913 1126 |
| • | Dutch Reformed Church 1882 | 022 913 1750 |
| • | Historic Graveyard | 022 913 2063 |
• | Piketberg Museum | 022 913 1126 |
Goedverwacht
| • | Dressed-stone school building | 022 921 4410 |
| • | Mission Store | 022 921 4410 |
| • | Moravian Mission Church (national monument) | 022 921 4410 |
| • | Rock Art | 022 921 4410 |
| • | The Parsonage (national monument) | 022 921 4410 |
| • | Watermill | 022 921 4410 |
ARTS & CRAFTS
Piketberg
| • | Sinkdakkie | 022 913 2691 |
| • | Soetkysie | 022 913 2534 |
| • | Winkelshoek Curio Shop & Farm Stall | 022 913 1092 |
WINE
| • | Winkelshoek Wine Cellar (wine tasting centre) | 022 913 1092 |
| • | Org de Rac Domain Organic Wine Cellar | 022 913 2397 |
INDUSTRIES
| • | PPC Cement Plant | 022 913 1100 |
TRAVEL AGENT
| • | All About Travel | 072 130 2936 |
REAL ESTATE
| • | Aida (Christa Smit) | 083 446 6832 |
| • | Pam Golding (Margaret Matzener) | 073 261 4136 |
Fauna & Flora
Piketberg
| • | Bergskeur Farms (protea export farms) | 083 754 8388
022 914 5668 |
| • | Piket-bo-Berg Nursery | 022 914 5626 |
| • | Little Village Nursery | 082 539 5708 |
Goedverwacht
| • | Indigenous Fynbos | 022 912 4410 |
| • | Peerboom Hiking Trail, Die Klok se Poort | 022 912 4410 |
Facilities
CONFERENCE
Piketberg
| • | De Berge | 022 913 2836 |
• | Dunn's Castle | 022 913 2470 |
| • | Org de Rac | 022 913 2397 |
| • | Piketberg Library | 022 913 1126 |
Goedverwacht
| • | Conference Facilities | 022 912 4410 |
