Snake Park
in Overberg District Municipality of Western Cape, South Africa
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Vredendal Airport (2.500 mi) - Saldanha /Vredenburg Airport (2.560 mi)
- Langebaanweg Airport (2.566 mi)
- Cape Town International Airport (2.638 mi)
- Robertson Airport (2.669 mi)
- Overberg Airport (2.723 mi)
- Cape Floral Region Protected Areas (Unesco heritage, 2.624 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 0.000 and 0.000 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 0° 0' 0" and E 0° 0' 0"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Rand - ZAR
- Spoken languages:
- Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, English, Tswana, Southern Sotho, Tsonga, Swati, Venda, South Ndebele
- Local electricity:
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- Local Time: 06:48 PM (Sunday)
- Timezone: Africa/Johannesburg
- UTC/GMT offset: 2 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 7:53 am and 8:00 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- 22.221 and -159.561 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Haena - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 3,4 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning please reconsider your need to travel to South Africa.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning South Africa. Last Update: 2024-04-28 08:22:10
Delve into Snake Park
The district Snake Park of in Overberg District Municipality (Western Cape) is a district located in South Africa about 800 mi south-west of Pretoria, the country's capital town.
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Since you are here already, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Stellenbosch, Hermanus, Paarl, Caledon and Cape Town. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 22°C / 72 °F
| Morning Temperature | 17°C / 62 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 19°C / 67 °F |
| Night Temperature | 15°C / 59 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 38% |
| Air Pressure | 1012 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 9 km/h (6 mph) from South-East |
| Cloud Conditions | Clear sky, covering 0% of sky |
| General Conditions | Sky is clear |
Monday, 29th of April 2024
24°C (75 °F)
17°C (62 °F)
Sky is clear, light breeze, clear sky.
Tuesday, 30th of April 2024
18°C (64 °F)
13°C (55 °F)
Overcast clouds, moderate breeze.
Wednesday, 1st of May 2024
21°C (69 °F)
14°C (57 °F)
Sky is clear, light breeze, clear sky.
Hotels and Places to Stay
VILLA EXNER
Elgin Vintners Manor House
Elgin Valley Inn
Colourful Manor Luxury Lodge
Paul Wallace Wines and Guest Cottages
Videos from this area
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Elgin & Grabouw - Overberg, South Africa
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Helderberg College
Helderberg College is a private higher education institution situated in Somerset West, South Africa, about thirty minutes from Cape Town. It was established in 1893 - the first Seventh-day Adventist College established outside of North America under the name "Union College". It moved to its present location in 1928, making it the oldest Adventist college on the continent of Africa. It is fully accredited by the Council on Higher Education (CHE) and Department of Education (DoE)(South Africa).
Hottentots Holland High School
Hottentots Holland High School is an Afrikaans- and English-speaking school in the Western Cape in South Africa, situated between the towns of Somerset West and Strand. The parallel-medium, co-educational school, situated to the west of the N2 national road, was opened by Dr G. G. Cillie, Chairman of the School Board, in February, 1930. A portion of the land on which it now stands having been given by Mesdames Beynon and Osler, daughters of an early Somerset West shopkeeper and property owner.
Palmiet Pumped Storage Scheme
The Palmiet Pumped Storage Scheme consists of two 200MW turbine units located 2km upstream of the Kogelberg Dam wall on the Palmiet River near Cape Town, South Africa. The pumped-storage hydroelectricity plant is capable of responding to a surge in peak power demand in minutes. At night, excess power on the grid generated by conventional coal and nuclear plants is used to pump water to the Upper Reservoir overlooking Gordon's Bay. It is regarded as a forerunner in environmental engineering.
Helderberg
Helderberg is a wine-producing area in the Western Cape of South Africa. Originally known as the 'Hottentots-Holland' area, it was renamed 'Helderberg' by the City of Cape Town following concerns about possible racist connotations in the name. However, many people who live there still refer to it by its former name. The Helderberg consists of Somerset West, Strand, Gordons Bay and a few other towns.
Hoërskool Strand
Hoërskool Strand (English: Strand High School) is an Afrikaans high school located in Strand, South Africa. 1 089 students attend the school, mostly residents of Strand, although students from as far as Gordon's Bay, Somerset West, and even Grabouw attend the school.
Parel Vallei High School
Parel Vallei High School is a dual-medium high school located in Parel Vallei, a suburb of Somerset West, which is in the Western Cape, South Africa. In summer it competes in inter schools sports activities with Hoërskool Strand and Hottentots Holland High School. Pupils attending the school are from the surrounding towns, such as Somerset West and Strand, as well as areas further away, such as Grabouw.
Somerset Mall (South Africa)
Somerset Mall is a shopping mall alongside the N2 freeway near the towns Somerset West and Strand, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. The mall is large, with numerous shops, supermarkets, restaurants and cinemas. There are also a number of furniture, home décor and clothing outlets within close vicinity of the Somerset Mall.
Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Inferno 3
The Inferno 3 is the 14th season of the MTV reality game show, The Challenge (though at the time, known as Real World/Road Rules Challenge). The season is directly subsequent to The Duel. The Inferno 3 marked the show's first trilogy, the third of the Inferno series, continuing on from The Inferno (8th season) and The Inferno II (10th season). Filming took place in Cape Town, South Africa, with cast members from The Real World, Road Rules and the Fresh Meat challenge competing.
Kogelberg
The Kogelberg is a range of mountains along the False Bay coast in the Western Cape of South Africa. They form part of the Cape Fold Belt, starting south of Grabouw and forming a steep coastal range as far as Kleinmond. The Kogelberg area has the steepest and highest drop directly into the ocean of any southern African coastal stretch.
False Bay High School
False Bay High School is a private school in the Strand of the Western Cape province of South Africa, founded by Herman and Lisa Janse van Rensburg in January 1999. It was originally established in Somerset West but later moved to its current permanent location in the Strand.
Sir Lowry's Pass
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 Grabouw on the main national road between Cape Town and the Garden Route. A railway line also crosses the mountain range at this point.
Steenbras Dam
The Steenbras Dam is a dam in the Hottentots-Holland mountains near Cape Town in South Africa. It is one of the city's water supplies. The Steenbras pumped-storage scheme was opened in 1979 to supplement the city's electricity supply during peak demand periods. The dam is named after the steenbras, a fish endemic to South Africa.
Alphen Dam
Alphen Dam is a small dam in the Bonte River near Stellenbosch, Western Cape, province South Africa. It was established in 1990.
Eikenhof Dam
Eikenhof Dam is an earth-fill type dam on the Palmiet River, near Grabouw, Western Cape, South Africa. It was established in 1977. The primary purpose of the dam is for irrigation use and its hazard potential has been ranked high (3).
Kogelberg Dam
Kogelberg Dam is a combined gravity & arch type dam located on the Palmiet River, near Grabouw, Western Cape, South Africa. It was established in 1986 and its primary purpose is to serve for irrigation and industrial use. The hazard potential of the dam has been ranked high (3).
Palmiet River
Palmiet River is a river located in the Western Cape province South Africa. The Palmiet River is a typical Western Cape river, experiencing winter rainfall and it is important for the Western Cape Water Supply System. It has a small catchment area of 500 km2, flows through the expanse of the Elgin Valley, and reaches the ocean through an estuary.
Rockview Dam
Rockview Dam is dam on the Palmiet River near Grabouw, Western Cape, South Africa. It was established in 1986.
Steenbras Dam – Upper
Steenbras Dam - Upper is a dam on the Steenbras River near Gordons Bay, Western Cape, South Africa. It was established in 1977.
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