Cederberg Rock Art Safari Tour:

Bushmans Kloof has been proclaimed a South African Natural Heritage Site within the Cederberg Wilderness Area.  Bushmans Kloof guards and conserves over 130 unique rock art sites, which can be viewed only by resident guests, archaeologists or researchers. One of the more important sites is Bleeding Nose Shelter, where the paintings stand out richly against the white Sandstone. This was probably a ceremonial site, and subjects include eland, small antelope, rare paintings of birds and a whole variety of humans standing, dancing and shooting with bows. The massive slab that gives Fallen Rock Shelter its name is dramatic in its own right, but it also houses one of the largest and most well-preserved collections of images known in the entire Pakhuis region. It seems to have been a dwelling site, as it has an unexcavated deposit of ash, sand and grass left behind by the Bushman occupants over thousands of years. It shelters the largest painting of a Bushman cave-dwelling group known in the Western Cape. Sonya’s Cave shelters a series of ledges filled with tall, elongated, male figures painted red. Nearby, figures in black depict giraffes and antelope. The Bushman used natural pigments such as ochre, animal blood and plant juices to make their paintings. While some colours have been lost over time, numerous clearly discernible pictographs have survived to serve as cultural markers, revealing the shamans’ visions, tribal dances, and other spiritual rites.

Accommodation: Bushmanskloof

Kagga Kamma is situated in the Swartruggens region, which can be described as a southeasterly extension of the Cedarberg. At Kagga Kamma there are several rock art sites containing a variety of paintings, some of which are particularly well preserved and interesting. Rock paintings are dominated by depictions of people and animals.

Accommodation: Kagga Kamma