{"id":87937,"date":"2012-07-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelstartblg.wpenginepowered.com\/kagga-kamma-back-to-nature\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T13:50:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T13:50:42","slug":"kagga-kamma-back-to-nature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/kagga-kamma-back-to-nature\/","title":{"rendered":"Kagga Kamma: Back to nature"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24055\" src=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/kk2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"314\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you drive out of Cape Town and through the Huguenot Tunnel, keep going past Ceres and don\u2019t stop till you see a signpost outside a little town called <strong>Op-die-Berg<\/strong>, a signpost that says <a href=\"http:\/\/kaggakamma.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kagga Kamma<\/a>, you will find yourself in an orange-hued Martian landscape of mountains, hills, crazy rocks and boulders. This is Kagga Kamma. Hotel, timeshare, bar and restaurant \u2013 but mainly a beautiful space to unwind and relax.<\/p>\n<p>We were lucky enough to spend a few days in this foreign landscape, breathing in the pure, crisp air, soaking up the stillness, and gazing at the rocky terrain where every rock tells a different story of erosion and wind, water and nature carving beautiful shapes into the orange stone. There isn\u2019t alllll that much to do at Kagga Kamma if you\u2019re not into nature \u2013 but if you are, it is an absolute joy.<\/p>\n<p>Take long walks around the reserve (supposedly a game reserve, but we never saw anything bigger than dassies), explore the indigenous succulents and flora in the area, or simply sit on your verandah and stare out at the vast expanse of nothingness: this is where you come to relax and unwind.<\/p>\n<p>And make fires. In winter it\u2019s blisteringly cold at Kagga Kamma, so we built fires every afternoon and long into the evenings, inside and out, for braais, potjies and warmth! With no cell reception, no televisions and no external entertainment, there\u2019s no excuse not to relax completely \u2013 breathe in the serenity, read a few books, and remember what it\u2019s like to live in rhythm with the light of the day. It\u2019s a photographer\u2019s dream, too, with the rocks and boulders throwing beautiful shadows no matter what time of day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24056\" src=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/kk-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"315\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In short, if you\u2019re looking for somewhere to completely relax, in an area of startling and unusual beauty, head 3 hours out of Cape Town and discover the world of <a href=\"http:\/\/kaggakamma.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kagga Kamma<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Image credits: Mark Peddle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you drive out of Cape Town and through the Huguenot Tunnel, keep going past Ceres and don\u2019t stop till you see a signpost outside a little town called Op-die-Berg, a signpost that says Kagga Kamma, you will find yourself in an orange-hued Martian landscape of mountains, hills, crazy rocks and boulders. 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