Ebenhaezer, Cape West Coast
Ebenhaezer is rural village on the Cape West Coast of South Africa, where the fishing villages complement the farming communities within naturally spectacular surrounds. This little community gets to enjoy the annual bloom of the Namaqualand wild flowers, which blanket the area in colourful array over August and September, and continue to be a major draw card for tourists from all corners of the world.
Ebenhaezer is a tranquil little agricultural village that is occupied mainly by the local farmers. These ones farm paprika, coriander, lucerne, beans, cattle and sheep here. The fields make for breath-taking scenery and the grazing animals add to the charm of the area. It is near the mouth of the Olifants River, which is an important source of water for irrigation, but also a natural treasure in the midst of the gorgeous countryside of the Cape West Coast.
Ebenhaezer is very close to Papendorp, about 55 kilometres from Vredendal and less than 80 kilometres from the N7 highway. It was established as part of the Dutch Reformed Mission Church in the mid-19th century, after having been set up as a Rhenish mission in 1831. This gives it the added air of history and heritage, in addition to its unspoilt prettiness.
Visiting Ebenhaezer and the neighbouring villages transports visitors to the old-world allure of yesteryear; when life was simple and the people real.
In the vicinity
Hotels & other accommodation options
The Olive Tree Villa
The Olive Tree Villa is located in Yzerfontein on the West Coast and offers accommodation where you can wake each morning to the frothy trajector...
Kaliva 582
Kaliva 582 is a lovely apartment that offers Langebaan self catering accommodation, situated in the Club Mykonos Resort in Club Mykonos. The reso...
Blue Bay Lodge Cottages
The elegantly gabled Blue Bay Lodge is built only meters above the wide, sandy beaches of Saldanha Bay and is adjoined by a number of well design...
Duifieklip
Located in St Helena Bay, Duifieklip is a beachfront holiday home accommodating eight guests. The house is set a mere 40m from the high water mar...
Los Gelukkie
Los Gelukkie offers accommodation in Paternoster in a comfortable self-catering cottage for two. Set at the far end of the farm, the overwhelming...
Ndigo Blue
Ndigo Blue is a charming house situated in Blue Lagoon, Langebaan, offering guests spacious and comfortable self-catering accommodation within ea...
Noteworthy attractions
Bird Island Nature Reserve
The world’s most accessible Cape gannet colony can be found on an island, linked to Lambert’s Bay by a breakwater wall. Bird Island also gives sh...
Darling Wine Route
Although traditionally part of the Swartland, Darling is now a demarcated wine district and home to her own wine route, including five wine cella...
West Coast National Park
Just inland from the secluded harbour of Saldanha Bay one finds the azure waters of the Langebaan Lagoon, focal point of the West Coast National ...
Rocherpan Nature Reserve
Rocherpan enthusiasts who head off along the West Coast to visit this nature reserve near Velddrif will possibly mention to you that the bird lif...
Langebaan Golf Club
The Golf Course at Langebaan Country Club is a links-type course, designed as a figure 8 winding around residential stands. Located on the unspoi...
Verlorenvlei
Verlorenvlei is a long estuary stretching between the villages of Elands Bay and Redelinghuys, some 25 kilometres south of Lambert’s Bay. It is n...
West Coast Fossil Park
For the visitor, the highlight of the West Coast Fossil Park is the ‘live’ exhibit of an ongoing excavation of early Pliocene fossils (fossils fr...
Postberg Flower Reserve
The Postberg Flower Reserve is not always available for you to visit. Even though it forms part of the West Coast National Park, this part of it ...
Darling Wind Farm
On the hills just outside Darling, roughly 70 kilometres from Cape Town, stand four wind-generated mills. It's known as an Eskom demonstrator sit...
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