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Matyholweni, which means "in the bush" in Xhosa is located near the coastal town of Colchester at the Sundays River Mouth, 3km off the N2 highway, Matyholweni is easily accessible and provides a second gateway into the Park.
The Aberdeen Pagel house has a beautiful, spacious and tranquil garden for guests to enjoy. The gardens are luscious and green, watered by the old, leading water (leiwater) farrows running through the property. Guests will enjoy the array of birds that vi
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Aberdeen - An Architectural Treasure. Situated in the delightful Camdeboo Plains of the Eastern Karoo - on the N9 between Graaff Reinet and the Garden Route - Aberdeen offers history for the mind and peace for the soul. The district is renowned for its wool and mohair, being the largest mohair producing area in South Africa. The town has an healthy climate, a restful and rural atmosphere, unpolluted air and unequaled starry night skies.
Aberdeen's delight is its seemingly unending source of water which comes from a natural spring, named Die Oog (The Eye), in the Fonteinbos reserve just outside the town. This fountain has never run dry and is the source of the leading water (leiwater) supplied to the lower portion of the town. Aberdeen is one of only three towns in South Africa with leiwater.
It is one of the best preserved Karoo towns with over 200 houses that date back to before 1890. About half of these houses have flat roofs with parapets. Aberdeen is a declared architectural conservation town due to it's variety of styles including Victorian, Georgian, Karoo, German, Gothic Revival, Russian, Art Nouveau and Flemish Revival. Excellent examples of the ostrich baron dwellings can be seen.
Sometimes one or two
of the best and most
interesting places go
totally unnoticed.