Seeped in the history of the Eastern Cape's tumultuous past and personifying the essence
of the brave and hardy English Settlers which while giving it a distinctly English rural
feeling, it's beautiful indigenous trees such as the giant wild fig trees and the
brilliantly coloured Coral trees which predominate remind one that this is still Africa.
Today Bathurst brings together the past and the present, being the hub of one of the
largest pineapple growing areas in South Africa.