Blue Hill Escape
Accommodation and mountain fynbos reserve
Western Cape, South Africa
Location
Coordinates: S33 35.5’ E23 24.4’
We are 40 km from the small town of Uniondale, on the border of the Western and Eastern Cape. Sufficiently off the beaten track to avoid the crowds and still close enough to some of the Cape's major tourist attractions.
The Blue Hill Escape borders onto the Baviaanskloof Wilderness Area, which covers some 192 000 hectares of pristine mountain wilderness. Baviaanskloof is named after the baboons that roam wild there. It is home not just to baboons but also to several species of antelope, cape leopard, the endangered cape mountain zebra and black rhino, and a wealth of plant and bird life.
Addo Elephant National Park lies about 250 km east of Uniondale and is a great place to see the Big Five - elephant, rhino, lion, buffalo, leopard; or even the Big Seven (Big Five plus southern right whale and great white shark). Many other iconic South African wildlife such as giraffe and zebra can also be easily encountered.
Baviaanskloof Wilderness Area and Addo Elephant National Park are two of the top 10 wildlife wonders and natural attractions of the Eastern Cape.
One of the main attractions of the Western Cape is only a two hour drive from us: The Garden Route. This is the coastal road (N2) between Cape Town and Port Elizabeth, famous for its endemic fynbos flora and its secluded little bays.
And then there is the Little Karoo itself with its scenic Route 62 from
Montagu to Oudtshoorn, the capital of the Klein Karoo and just a two hour
drive from us. Oudtshoorn is the gateway to some of the area's main attractions,
such as the Cango Caves, known as the ‘underground wonderland of
the Klein Karoo’, and the annual arts festival. The Little Karoo
is also famous for its many scenic mountain passes over the Swartberge,
the Kouga, Kammanassie, Outeniqua and Tsitsikamma Mountains.
