Guidebook for Grabouw
Entertainment & Activities
Great experience for all group sizes.
Lonely Planet recently listed Cape Canopy Tour, located in the Elgin Valley near Grabouw and scaling the rugged Hottentots Holland mountains in the Cape Nature reserve of the same name, as second on the list of the world's hottest new tourism experiences for 2015.
https://www.canopytour.co.za/locations/cape/
43 locals recommend
Cape Canopy Tour
Forestry RoadGreat experience for all group sizes.
Lonely Planet recently listed Cape Canopy Tour, located in the Elgin Valley near Grabouw and scaling the rugged Hottentots Holland mountains in the Cape Nature reserve of the same name, as second on the list of the world's hottest new tourism experiences for 2015.
https://www.canopytour.co.za/locations/cape/
These trails are 500m from the estate - great for mountain bike enthusiasts. The trails offer a unique riding experience that combine rolling orchards, forested pine slopes and mountainous fynbos with breath taking views.
http://lebanonmtbtrails.co.za/
Lebanon MTB Trails
These trails are 500m from the estate - great for mountain bike enthusiasts. The trails offer a unique riding experience that combine rolling orchards, forested pine slopes and mountainous fynbos with breath taking views.
http://lebanonmtbtrails.co.za/
Hottentots Holland Nature Reserve
Excellent hiking trails
Only for the brave and adventurous, Suicide Gorge in the Riviersonderend Mountains is more of a thrilling combination of kloofing and swimming than a hike. The demanding trail involves daring leaps, scrambles and swimming through a spectacular canyon with some lovely waterfalls.
Suicide Gorge
Only for the brave and adventurous, Suicide Gorge in the Riviersonderend Mountains is more of a thrilling combination of kloofing and swimming than a hike. The demanding trail involves daring leaps, scrambles and swimming through a spectacular canyon with some lovely waterfalls.
Food Scene
Elgin Railway Market is the brainchild of businessman Roger Orpen, who converted the old apple warehouse into a bustling steampunk station market boasting local vendors, live music and a gateway to the beautiful Overberg town.
https://www.elginrailwaymarket.co.za/
60 locals recommend
Elgin Railway Market
Oak AvenueElgin Railway Market is the brainchild of businessman Roger Orpen, who converted the old apple warehouse into a bustling steampunk station market boasting local vendors, live music and a gateway to the beautiful Overberg town.
https://www.elginrailwaymarket.co.za/
4th generation family business that has been farming in the Elgin Valley for more than 120 years.
Wine Tasting, mountain biking, restaurant.
https://www.cluver.com/
12 locals recommend
Paul Cluver Estate Wine
4th generation family business that has been farming in the Elgin Valley for more than 120 years.
Wine Tasting, mountain biking, restaurant.
https://www.cluver.com/
Oak Valley lies in the heart of the Elgin Valley, renowned for its apples and pears, its greenhouse cut-flowers, and, for the production of its outstanding cool climate wines.
https://oakvalley.co.za/
12 locals recommend
Oak Valley Estate
127 Oak AveOak Valley lies in the heart of the Elgin Valley, renowned for its apples and pears, its greenhouse cut-flowers, and, for the production of its outstanding cool climate wines.
https://oakvalley.co.za/
Renowned for our consistency of quality, vintage after vintage, the Oneiric range focusses on striking a perfect balance between beautiful fruit, silky tannins and a lingering finish. We are committed to an elegant, food-friendly style of wine.
https://oneiric.co.za/
Oneiric Wines
Renowned for our consistency of quality, vintage after vintage, the Oneiric range focusses on striking a perfect balance between beautiful fruit, silky tannins and a lingering finish. We are committed to an elegant, food-friendly style of wine.
https://oneiric.co.za/
Cap Classique Wine Estate - originally a fruit farm planted with apples, pears and plums. The property was bought in 2005 with the intention to produce Cap Classique based on the terroir.
https://charlesfox.co.za/
Charles Fox Wine Estate
Cap Classique Wine Estate - originally a fruit farm planted with apples, pears and plums. The property was bought in 2005 with the intention to produce Cap Classique based on the terroir.
https://charlesfox.co.za/
Almenkerk Wine Estate is a true family Estate. Definitely worth a visit as their cellar is an architectural masterpiece, nestled into the mountainside, offering stunning views of the Elgin Valley.
9 locals recommend
Almenkerk Wine Estate
Viljoenshoop RoadAlmenkerk Wine Estate is a true family Estate. Definitely worth a visit as their cellar is an architectural masterpiece, nestled into the mountainside, offering stunning views of the Elgin Valley.
Paul Wallace Wines
Highlands Roadhttps://www.paulwallacewines.co.za/
This establishment on the N2 epitomises the laidback, small-town living of Elgin. ‘Low and slow’ is the motto at the Hickory Shack and with all things that take time, quality is what you get when you dine at this traditional BBQ smokehouse.
10 locals recommend
The Hickory Shack
N2This establishment on the N2 epitomises the laidback, small-town living of Elgin. ‘Low and slow’ is the motto at the Hickory Shack and with all things that take time, quality is what you get when you dine at this traditional BBQ smokehouse.
Parks & Nature
Lebanon Trail Run
Great for cycling and hiking up to 18km of great tracks
Shopping
Great food stall selling curious, snacks & baked goods as well as restaurant area with pop up shops
40 locals recommend
Peregrine Farm Stall
R321Great food stall selling curious, snacks & baked goods as well as restaurant area with pop up shops
At the top of the famous Houw Hoek pass you’ll find the Houw Hoek Farm Stall. There is a coffee shop and restaurant, a playground for children…and you can go trout fishing!
The Farm Stall is stocked with delectable delights – homemade pies, biscuits and cakes; freshly baked bread, local wines and baskets filled with fruit and vegetables fresh from the farms in the Elgin Valley.
11 locals recommend
Houw Hoek Coffee Shop
At the top of the famous Houw Hoek pass you’ll find the Houw Hoek Farm Stall. There is a coffee shop and restaurant, a playground for children…and you can go trout fishing!
The Farm Stall is stocked with delectable delights – homemade pies, biscuits and cakes; freshly baked bread, local wines and baskets filled with fruit and vegetables fresh from the farms in the Elgin Valley.
At the top of the famous Houw Hoek pass you’ll find the Houw Hoek Farm Stall. There is a coffee shop and restaurant, a playground for children…and you can go trout fishing!
The Farm Stall is stocked with delectable delights – homemade pies, biscuits and cakes; freshly baked bread, local wines and baskets filled with fruit and vegetables fresh from the farms in the Elgin Valley.
11 locals recommend
Houw Hoek Coffee Shop
At the top of the famous Houw Hoek pass you’ll find the Houw Hoek Farm Stall. There is a coffee shop and restaurant, a playground for children…and you can go trout fishing!
The Farm Stall is stocked with delectable delights – homemade pies, biscuits and cakes; freshly baked bread, local wines and baskets filled with fruit and vegetables fresh from the farms in the Elgin Valley.
Sightseeing
The museum's exhibits range from historical maps, depicting how apples spread from Europe to the rest of the world in centuries past (it was Jan van Riebeek who first brought them to the Cape, FYI) to a selection of old-fashioned machinery that used to be implemented in the process of getting the apples from the orchard into your fruit bowl.
Elgin Apple Museum
Oudebrug RoadThe museum's exhibits range from historical maps, depicting how apples spread from Europe to the rest of the world in centuries past (it was Jan van Riebeek who first brought them to the Cape, FYI) to a selection of old-fashioned machinery that used to be implemented in the process of getting the apples from the orchard into your fruit bowl.