Things to Do & See Hessequa

Julius Gordon Africana Museum

Edge Watersports

Edge Watersports Edge is run by a team of unique 'water-people' passionate & knowledgeable about all aspects of kite-surfing training & equipment. For the kite-surfing holiday of your life, come to Witsand, Western Cape, in short,…
Barry Memorial Church

Barry Memorial Church

Barry Memorial Church Built by the Barry family in 1849. Today this church in Witsand, Western Cape, is a national monument and still in use for services and weddings. The Barry Memorial Church is an intimate rectangular whitewashed…
Stone Post Office Building
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Stone Post Office

Stone Post Office This attractive stone building in Heidelberg was erected in 1936 and is one of several historical buildings in this Western Cape town, being 80 plus years old. The Stone Post Office building is square with a brick…
Old Magistrate Building
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Old Magistrate’s building

Old Magistrate's building This stately historical building in Heidelberg is also known as the Magistrate's House. Built in 1882, this building is more than 130 years old. The old Magistrate's Building once housed the court and judicial…
Townhall Municipality Building
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Heidelberg Town Hall

Heidelberg Town Hall Among the other historic buildings in Heidelberg, is the imposing Heidelberg Town Hall which was built in 1913, more than an age ago. The main part of this neat grey and white building has an entrance in the middle…
Heidelberg Hotel
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Hotel Heidelberg

  Hotel Heidelberg One of the interesting historical buildings in Heidelberg is the Hotel Heidelberg which is a familiar landmark in the town. Though renovated in 1932 - the date on the gable - it is thought that the building…
St Barnabas Anglican Church
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St Barnabas Anglican Church

St Barnabas Anglican Church Heidelberg's old church buildings are rather exceptional. Diagonally across the street from the Dutch Reformed Church sits the white building of the St Barnabas Anglican Church. The first St Barnabas Anglican…
Heidelberg Golf Course

Heidelberg Golf Course

Heidelberg Golf Course We are proud of our nine hole, 18 tee golf course. Heidelberg Golf Course is in the Western Cape, Hessequa region at the gateway of the Garden Route skirting the N2 highway. Our fine course is a Par 72 course covering…
Grootvadersbosch trail Challenge

Grootvadersbosch Trail

Grootvadersbosch Trail The Grootvadersbosch Trail Network, funded by the Table Mountain Fund & WWF, showcases the natural diversity of the Western Cape Langeberg Mountains from lowlands to mountain peaks and will eventually link Heidelberg…
Die Grote Kerk Heidelberg
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Dutch Reformed Church

Dutch Reformed Church The magnificent Dutch Reformed Church in Heidelberg, Western Cape, dwarfs all other historical buildings in the town beside the N2 highway. The Dutch Reformed Church in Heidelberg had its beginnings because of…
Doornboom Museum in Heidelberg
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Doornboom

Doornboom Fourie House, the homestead of Doornboom, Heidelberg, Western Cape, is by far the oldest of a number of historical buildings dating back to 1728. Fourie House, the Doornboom homestead, is one South Africa's oldest surviving…
Brugsig Building
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Brugsig

Brugsig Brugsig is an historic building in Heidelberg, Western Cape. This double-storey building at 21 Fourie Street, was a refuge for women during the Anglo-Boer War. Brugsig, built in 1880, has a view of the distant railway bridge.…
Riversdal Golfbaan

Riversdale Golf Club

Riversdale Golf Club Boasts with a nine hole, 18 tee golf course. Riversdale Golf Club has a very rich history and in 2011 we celebrated our 100th year anniversary. Today, we have probably the best, most scenic, and challenging 9 hole…
Sleeping Beauty Hiking Trail

Sleeping Beauty Hiking Trail

Sleeping Beauty Hiking Trail This hiking trail covers a distance of 14 km from the old Toll House to the crest of Sleeping Beauty and back. The Sleeping Beauty hiking trail is a relatively easy walk (depending on your level of fitness…
Julius Gordon Africana Museum

Julius Gordon Africana Centre

Julius Gordon Africana Centre The internationally recognised Julius Gordon Africana Centre (Versfeld House) houses the largest collection of Thomas Bowler paintings in South Africa and was built in 1880. Included in the permanent…