Lwandle Migrant Labour Museum, Somerset West

Name: Lwandle Migrant Labour Museum
Address: 18547 Vulindlela Road, Somerset West, South Africa

#2 among attractions in Somerset West

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Lwandle Migrant Labour Museum - is 40 kilometres outside the city of Cape Town, just off the N2, in the region known as the Helderberg Basin. Lwandle was once inhabited by hunter-gatherer groups who secured their food from the nearby seashore. During the colonial era, after many battles, the area became a cattle post and was subdivided into farms in the early eighteenth century. It is the first township-based museum and has garnered two awards in the last twelve years. ()

Coordinates: 34°7'8"S, 18°51'54"E

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18547 Vulindlela RoadStrandSomerset West South Africa

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Day trips

Lwandle Migrant Labour Museum – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Somerset Mall, Monkey Town, Strand, Helderberg Nature Reserve.

3.5 miNW
Shopping, Shopping centre
Somerset Mall, Somerset West
89 min walk • Somerset Mall is a 69,000 m² shopping mall situated alongside the N2 freeway near the towns of Somerset West and Strand, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. The mall comprises 200 stores and 3,955 parking spaces.
1 miE
34°7'11"S • 18°52'58"E
Monkey Town, Somerset West
26 min walk • Aquarium, Zoo
2.1 miW
Town, Area
Strand, Somerset West
53 min walk • Strand is a seaside resort town in the Western Cape, South Africa. It forms part of the Helderberg region of the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality, situated on the north-eastern edge of False Bay and near the foot of the Helderberg Mountains.
5.1 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Helderberg Nature Reserve, Somerset West
129 min walk • The Helderberg Mountain is part of the Hottentots-Holland mountain range in the Western Cape, South Africa. The Helderberg Nature Reserve is situated on the slopes of the beautiful Helderberg Mountain overlooking the town of Somerset West and False Bay. There are numerous hiking trails on the Helderberg mountain.
1.4 miS
National park
Harmony Flats Nature Reserve
36 min walk • Harmony Flats Nature Reserve is a 9-hectare piece of protected land, located between Strand and Gordon's Bay, South Africa. It protects a surviving fragment of critically endangered Lourensford Alluvium Fynbos vegetation.
2.8 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Protected area
Dick Dent Bird Sanctuary, Rietvlei Wetland Reserve
71 min walk • Dick Dent Bird Sanctuary is a 10 hectares reserve in Strand, South Africa. This isolated bird sanctuary is located near the estuary of the Lourens River.
4.2 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain pass
Sir Lowry's Pass
107 min walk • Sir Lowry's Pass is a mountain pass on the N2 national road in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It crosses the Hottentots-Holland mountain range between Somerset West and the Elgin valley, on the main national road between Cape Town and the Garden Route.
4 miSE
Dam
Steenbras Upper Dam, Gordon's Bay
102 min walk • Steenbras Upper Dam is an earth-fill type dam located in the Hottentots Holland Mountains above Gordons Bay in the Western Cape, South Africa. It impounds the Steenbras River upstream of the older Steenbras Dam. The dam was constructed in 1977 for the City of Cape Town and serves mainly for municipal and industrial use.
5 miN
Universities and schools
Helderberg College of Higher Education, Somerset West
128 min walk • Helderberg College of Higher Education is a private higher education institution situated in Somerset West, South Africa, about thirty minutes from Cape Town.
7.3 miSE
Dam
Rockview Dam, Cape Floristic Region
187 min walk • Rockview Dam is a zoned earth-fill/rock-fill type dam located on the Palmiet River near Grabouw, Western Cape, South Africa. It was established in 1986 and serves mainly for pumping purposes. The hazard potential of the dam has been ranked high.
5.1 miN
National park
Helderberg Nature Reserve
131 min walk • Helderberg Nature Reserve is a 398-hectare nature reserve in Somerset West, South Africa. This nature reserve is located on the southern slopes of the Helderberg mountains.