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- More InfoUpdated: December 2018Reinet House Museum, Graaff-ReinetThe Graaff-Reinet Museum or “Reinet House”, formerly a Dutch Reformed Church parsonage, was built at the expense of the Government in 1812 during the ministry of the Rev. Kicherer. It was the home of three ministers prior to...
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- More InfoUpdated: 4 months agoJohn Rupert Theatre Graaff-ReinetThe building in which the John Rupert Theatre of Graaff-Reinet is located was formerly a Congregational Mission Church and the original pulpit can still be seen in the foyer.
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- More InfoUpdated: March 2015Anglo-Boer War MemorialDedicated to Boer soldiers "in memory of the fallen in the struggle for Freedom and Justice".
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- More InfoUpdated: October 2019Anglo-Boer War Military Museum Graaff-ReinetThe museum provides an overview of the military history of Graaff-Reinet from the 1800`s until 30 June 2007.
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- 049 892 3801
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- More InfoUpdated: 8 months agoMount Camdeboo is privately owned, having been purchased by the late Logie Buchanan and his wife, Cathy in 1996. Their son, Iain and the Buchanan family have poured much love and dedication into developing this property over the...
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- 087 057 4513
- 049 891 0570
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- More InfoUpdated: April 2021Old Library Museum, Graaff-ReinetWhile limited privately sponsored library facilities were available in Graaff-Reinet from about 1818, it was not until 1847 that the citizens of the town established a public library, subscribing funds to build the central...
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- More InfoUpdated: February 2020History of the Drostdy HotelWhat is a drostdy? It is the office or residence of a landdrost, a Boer magistrate in a rural district of South Africa prior to the establishment of British administration. The Old Drostdy in Graaff-Reinet has undergone many...
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- More InfoUpdated: November 2023St James’ Anglican ChurchThe oldest original church building in use is St James’ Church situated in Somerset Street. The original church consisting of the present nave was built and consecrated on the 29 October 1850. The chancel and sanctuary were...
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- More InfoUpdated: December 2022Kitching Fossil Exploration CentreA visit to the Fossil Exploration Centre will be a journey back in time to a world with unfamiliar plants and animals. There are life-size models of prehistoric animals that roamed the area and illustrations of the landscape...
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- 084 500 3902
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- More InfoUpdated: 3 months agoSamara Karoo Reserve (55 km From Graaff-Reinet)Off the R63 between Graaff-Reinet and Pearston and Spanning 70,000 acres of wilderness in the Great Karoo, malaria-free Samara Karoo Reserve offers a Big Five safari with a difference – a unique conservation passion project in...
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- 066 225 0925
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- More InfoUpdated: March 2015Victoria Hall Graaff-Reinet Town HallOn the 26 June 1902 the foundation stone of the new Town Hall in Church Square named “The Victoria Hall” was laid but building operations only started in April 1910. The town hall was designed along Flemish Renaissance lines.
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- More InfoUpdated: December 2018Military History Museum Graaff ReinetThe Military History Museum is the most recent addition to the Graaff-Reinet Museum Complex and was established in 2005.
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- More InfoUpdated: 3 months agoMountain Zebra Camdeboo Protected Environment"Conservation through Collaboration"
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- 066 238 6264
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- More InfoUpdated: September 2020Valley of DesolationSheer cliffs and precariously balanced columns of Dolerite rise 120 metres from the valley floor, against the timeless backdrop of the vast plains of the Camdeboo. This is the product of volcanic and erosive forces of nature over...
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- More InfoUpdated: June 2022Robert Sobukwe 1924 - 1978M R Sobukwe, founder of the Pan African Congress was one of the towering pillars of black nationalism in South Africa. A gentle, humble, deeply religious man with a brilliant intellect, he could be described as one of the main...
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- More InfoUpdated: April 2015The Aberdeen Bed GraveNear the roadside between Aberdeen and Graaff-Reinet, in the middle of the veld, lies an old cast iron bedstead. This according to legend is the grave of a woman who took ill and died while the family were trekking by ox-wagon...
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- More InfoUpdated: December 2019Acacia Street Christmas LightsThe Christmas Lights in Acacia Street in Kroonvale (Festive Season only) offer a memorable festive season for all. This local community decorates their homes, gardens and street with Christmas lights for all to enjoy. Come and...
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- More InfoUpdated: March 2015GraaffrikaansVisitors to our little dorp always ask me what the predominant language is, but here in Graaff-Reinet we have an efficient way of mixing our languages to give expression to emotion and sommer just because it sounds lekker.
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- More InfoUpdated: August 2019Anglo Boer War - Mount Camdeboo Private Game ReserveHistoric Anglo Boer War site where the pivotal "Battle of Paardefontein" was fought. It is here that the famous Boer Commander Johannes Lötter was finally captured. (The story is related on one of the game drives; further...
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- More InfoUpdated: May 2019The Methodist Church (Trinity Methodist Church)In 1871 the foundation stone of the Trinity Church on the corner of Caledon and Bourke Streets was laid and on the 15 September 1875 the official opening of the church took place. In 1894 it was necessary to enlarge the building...
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- More InfoUpdated: October 2019History of Graaff ReinetNamed after Cornelis Jacob van de Graaf and his wife Cornelia Reynet, “de Wiljdgelegen Colonie van Graaff-Reinet" was established in 1786 and is one of several towns in South Africa named after Dutch governors. This was the...
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- More InfoUpdated: April 2015The Monument to Jewish PedlarsThe important role played by the Jewish "smous" in the sparsely populated interior of the Cape Colony is recognised in a simple monument erected alongside College Road.
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- More InfoUpdated: March 2015Die stook van WithondOor die stook van withond (brandewyn) op Graaff-Reinet in vervloë dae word wyd bespiegel en geromantiseer. Oor min plaaslike aktiwiteite van weleer word soveel aannames gemaak. Dat dit ‘n betekenisvolle tydperk in die bestaan...
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- More InfoUpdated: April 2015San and Khoi MemorialThe San and Khoi Memorial which stands of a hill on the Aberdeen Road approach to the town dedicated to the Hottentots and Bushmen that lost their lives to conflicting interests with farmers between 1702 and 1809.
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- More InfoUpdated: March 2015Gideon Scheepers MemorialDuring the Anglo-Boer War Gideon Scheepers formed his own commando, which operated in the Cape Midlands. He was captured by the British troops and charges of alleged war crimes were laid against him. At the court hearings in...
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- More InfoUpdated: December 2021Owl House & Helen MartinsHelen Martins lay ill in bed one night with the moon shining in through the window and considered how dull and grey her life had become. She resolved there and then, that she would strive to bring light and colour into her life....
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- More InfoUpdated: 3 months agoFreedom ChurchSunday services at 08:30 and 10:15, with Kids Church during both services.
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- 066 513 3184
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- More InfoUpdated: 9 months agoCamdeboo National ParkCamdeboo National Park provides the visitor with insights into the unique landscape and ecosystem of the Karoo, not to mention awesome scenic beauty. A unique feature of the 19 405-hectare park is its location, practically...
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- More InfoUpdated: February 2023Aberdeen Dutch Reformed Church HallThe twenty biblical scenes in the Dutch Reformed Church hall of Aberdeen were planned and lovingly created by mainly the senior citizens of the town. The scenes portray the history of God's Covenant with mankind. A group of five...
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- More InfoUpdated: March 2015Andries Pretorius MonumentThis monument in memory of the Voortrekker leader was erected in 1943. The monument can be seen about 3 km from the town, at the Camdeboo National Park Offices on the N9 to Middelburg, the route to the north and into the...
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- More InfoUpdated: March 2019The Gereformeerde KerkThe original foundation stone for this building situated on the corner of Bourke and Middle Streets was laid on the 9th July 1913. After undergoing many transformations including being used as a cinema the building was...
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- More InfoUpdated: April 2015The Story of WithondGraaff-Reinet grapes have a high sugar content and are thus ideal for the making of brandy. During the Great Depression and illicit trade in illegal distillation grew up in the town. Withond is still made at Reinet House for...
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- More InfoUpdated: May 2023Dutch Reformed Church - NG Graaff-ReinetThe first recorded church was in Church Street. Building of a church started in 1792 but was destroyed by fire in 1799 before it could be completed. A second church was completed in September 1800 on the site of the present Dutch...
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- More InfoUpdated: 7 months agoJan Rupert CentreThe Neo-Gothic building in Middle Street was originally a place of worship for the Manatees, a refugee Sotho tribe that had fled south across the Orange River in the 1820’s.
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- 049 892 6107
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- More InfoUpdated: February 2023Nieu Bethesda Arts Centre: Festival of LightsThe Bethesda Arts Centre’s New Year’s Eve Festival of Lights and Lantern Parade is a truly inspiring community event run every year by the Bethesda Arts Centre. A powerful symbol of hope and beauty, the parade crosses...
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- More InfoUpdated: 8 months agoOuma's Country StoreKaroo Country wares.
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- More InfoUpdated: August 2016Old Powder MagazineThe old powder magazine stands alone on the hill to the north of Graaff Reinet.
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- More InfoUpdated: April 2015Krugersdorp MonumentThe scaled-down replica of the Paardekraal monument was erected south of the bridge over the Sundays River.
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- More InfoUpdated: April 2015Royal Block MasizahkeThe Royal Block was constructed during the early 20th century, quite possibly as housing for the labour force during the construction of the Van Ryneveld’s Pass Irrigation Dam in the 1920’s.
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- More InfoUpdated: January 2016The Huguenot Monument Graaff ReinetIn 1988 South Africa celebrated the 300th anniversary of the arrival of the French Huguenots in the country. To mark this occasion a small monument in the form of a pyramid was erected in Church Square, Graaff Reinet.
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- More InfoUpdated: November 2022Goldrush GroupGoldrush of Graaff-Reinet is situated on the corner of Church and River Streets and provides a variety of electronic bingo terminals and an upmarket licenced 49-ers cafe and bar. The restaurant offers food and beverages daily...
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- More InfoUpdated: December 2018Old Residency Museum, Graaff-ReinetThe former Residency, situated diagonally opposite Reinet House at the end of Parsonage Street, and forming a unique architectural complex with it, is a well-preserved example of the early 19th Century Cape Dutch H-shaped house.
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- More InfoUpdated: April 2015Monument to the Independent ColonyThe Drostdy at Graaff-Reinet was established in response to petitions from the Boers of the region. On 6 February 1795 a gathering proclaimed the "Graaff-Reinet Colony"
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- More InfoUpdated: 4 months agoGraaff-Reinet ClubThe Graaff-Reinet Club is the second oldest social club in South Africa. The land and building was purchased in 1875, when several leading townsmen and farmers decided that a social club was needed. In 1880 a new club house was...
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- More InfoUpdated: March 2020Ganora Fossil & Artifact MuseumThe Ganora Fossil Museum in Nieu Bethesda was registered in 1998 and, although small, houses mainly the finds we have made on Ganora. The fossils we exhibit are on average about 280 million years old. That was in the time when...
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- 082 698 0029
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- More InfoUpdated: October 2019Hester Rupert Art Museum Graaff ReinetLocated in Church Street, Graaff-Reinet, is housed in the fifth oldest church building in South Africa. It was built and consecrated as a Dutch Reformed Mission Church in 1821, 35 years after the founding of the village of...
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- More InfoUpdated: March 2019Boundless (Graaff-Reinet Protective Workplace)The Protective Workplace is a non-profit organization for adults with disabilities from all race groups in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape.
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- More InfoUpdated: April 2015Te Water HouseThis is one of the many wing-type houses that existed in the centre of the town. H-shaped and probably dating from 1820 the gables have been clipped and the façade woodwork added in about 1870.
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- More InfoUpdated: April 2015Historical Guest FarmsThe Camdeboo and Graaff-Reinet area is home to a number of farms which are associated with major events in South African history. Come and visit the places where great figures lived.
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- More InfoUpdated: March 2019The Bushman Heritage MuseumThe Bushman Heritage Museum - A unique museum of contemporary art made by living Bushmen, includes a permanent collection of stunning tapestries made by local Bushmen artists at the Bethesda Arts Centre, artwork that explores the...
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- More InfoUpdated: November 2022Aberdeen CemeteryAberdeen's cemetery is a true resting place. Well kept and shaded by Cypress trees, the area is a veritable walk through the history of the town. Looking at the many gravestones and memorials, one can see the periods of illness...
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- More InfoUpdated: April 2015The War MemorialThree months after the end of the first World War a public meeting was called by the Mayor, Mr. H Urquhart, at which it was decided to erect a monument, on the most prominent site in town, in honour of the gallant Graaff-Reinet...
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- More InfoUpdated: December 2018Urquhart House Museum Graaff ReinetThe large erf at the southern extremity of Market Square, on which Urquhart House stands today, was granted in freehold to Johan Hendrik Greyling on 1 January 1806, which places it amongst the earliest plots transferred into...
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- More InfoUpdated: March 2019The Roman Catholic ChurchThe present day Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception in Bourke Street, between Somerset and Middle Streets, was consecrated on the 23rd April 1957 and the High Alter on the 24th April 1957. First class relics of St Pius X...
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