Verlorenvlei Heritage Settlement, Elands Bay

Name: Verlorenvlei Heritage Settlement
Address: Elands Bay, South Africa

#3 among attractions in Elands Bay

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Verlorenvlei Heritage Settlement, Elands Bay

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Verlorenvlei Heritage Settlement is situated in the Piketberg District, South Africa. 32°19′ S 18° 23′ E. The settlement consists of surviving Langhius structures in what was once a thriving Hamlet on the shores of the Verlorenvlei. A remnant of this sort is unique and is the reason behind the site being declared a provincial heritage site. ()

Coordinates: 32°19'44"S, 18°22'21"E

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Elands Bay South Africa

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Verlorenvlei Heritage Settlement – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Elands Bay Cave, Diepkloof Rock Shelter, Mussel Point.

3.3 miW
Archaeological site
Elands Bay Cave, Elands Bay
84 min walk • Elands Bay Cave is located near the mouth of the Verlorenvlei estuary on the Atlantic coast of South Africa's Western Cape Province. The climate has continuously become drier since the habitation of hunter-gatherers in the Later Pleistocene.
6.1 miSE
Archaeological site
Diepkloof Rock Shelter
157 min walk • Diepkloof Rock Shelter is a rock shelter in Western Cape, South Africa in which has been found some of the earliest evidence of the human use of symbols, in the form of patterns engraved upon ostrich eggshell water containers.
3.3 miW
Archaeological site
Mussel Point, Elands Bay
85 min walk • Mussel Point also known as Mike Taylor's Midden is possibly the largest of 13 megamiddens found along the South African West Coast.

Verlorenvlei Heritage Settlement, Elands Bay

Facts and practical information

Verlorenvlei Heritage Settlement – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Elands Bay Cave, Elands Bay

Diepkloof Rock Shelter

Mussel Point, Elands Bay