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  Ruiterbos valley region    
     About us
At the foot of Robinson Pass, halfway along the R328 between
the cool Garden Route breezes of Mossel Bay and Oudshoorn’s
searing Karoo dust is a small rural hamlet.

Ruiterbos.
  Here

This is here.
 
 

 

Art sign

 

Here, where the San once dwelt and left us their legacy of rock paintings, today lives a diverse community of people drawn together by the beauty, tranquillity, the clean mountain air; the stunning views of the Outeniqua mountain range.

 

Traditional farmers live here, some descending directly from the Settlers, and the “in-kommers” (new arrivals) who have fled the cities and sought shelter here to pursue their crafts.

 

Woodworkers, jewellers, metalworkers and artists; cuisine queens, yoga teachers and even someone to read your birth chart. Essential oils, organic vegetables, home-smoked meat and a musician or two.

 

A family who are passionate about preserving the tradition of Percheron plough horses.

 
       
 
 
 

Ruiterbos offers a family-wide variety of activities:

         hiking & biking trails, quad & 4x4 routes, a carthorse stud, cart rides, swimming.
      And - every backwater has one - the local general dealer cum fine art gallery!
 

Ploughing with horses

 
         
 
 
 

 

Farmstead

 

 

The accommodation options are as diverse as the fynbos they’re set in.
Riverside camps, rugged (and not so rugged) self-catering mountain hideaways, a well equipped B&B and a grand, four-star family owned mountain inn.

 

 
       
 
 
 
quote These are just a few of my favorite things.  
  But take a closer look at these pages and make an acquaintance with the people who live in my valley.
Not many people know about us, so come and visit and one day you too can say:
       "I knew Ruiterbos when..."
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