Swartkliphuis Overnight Cabin
The place
Swartkliphuis Overnight Cabin ("cabin of the black rock house") in the Cederberg Wilderness Area, Clanwilliam/Wupperthal area (Western Cape, South Africa), at 721 m elevation, in the Cederberg mountain range. Part of the continuous South Africa cluster batch 338 (2 listings). Cabin run by CapeNature, the provincial agency (5,000 ha Cederberg Wilderness, UNESCO 2004 Cape Floral Region), in an area of fynbos (a unique biome of the Cape Floral Kingdom with 8,500 plant species, 68% endemic, the richest of the world's small floristic kingdoms) and of Clanwilliam cedar Widdringtonia wallichii (endemic, Critically Endangered, about 3,000 trees remaining) and San Bushmen rock art (10,000-year-old paintings, the oldest depicting elephant hunts plus eland trance-dance shamanism).
The setting
Cederberg Wilderness Clanwilliam/Wupperthal Western Cape South Africa 721 m, continuous cluster batch 338 2 listings, CapeNature 5,000 ha UNESCO 2004 Cape Floral, fynbos 8,500 species 68% endemic 1st floristic kingdom in the world, Widdringtonia wallichii Clanwilliam cedar endemic CE ~3,000 remaining, San rock art 10,000 years elephant/eland trance shamanic.
