1 - 4 August 2024: Elim 200 Year Heritage Fe...
From August 1st to 4th, 2024, Elim will come alive with the Elim 200 Year Heritage Festival.
Prizes:
• First Prize: Two Nights Stay for Two Guests - Blue Sky Guest House (including breakfast)
• Second Prize: One Case of Wine - Strandveld Vineyards
How it Works:
1. Answer an easy question, to do with towns at the southernmost tip of Africa (each Monday until 2 November 2020).
2. Find the answer to each week's question in the mini-blogs on Cape Agulhas Tourism Promotion Office’s Xplorio profile. Find your clues here.
3. Each week two correct entries will go into the final draw.
4. You can enter once, or once a week, it’s up to you.
Elim is the oldest village in the Strandveld and can be found 30 km from Gansbaai on the way to Bredasdorp via a freshly resurfaced road that makes for safe travelling. The entire village is a national heritage site and its rich history began with the Moravian Missionaries who established it in 1824. Many of Elim’s residents descend from the slaves who found their way to the village after slavery was finally abolished in 1834 and a memorial close to the church bears testimony to this
Today the Moravian community consists of farmers, farmworkers, artisans and the Elim thatchers who are renowned locally and internationally for their craftsmanship.
Answer to Question 4 - Elim is the oldest town in the Strandveld and was founded by German missionaries in 1824.
Find out more about the history of Bredasdorp as well as interesting things to do in the area here.
Cape Agulhas Tourism Promotion Office represents Arniston / Waenhuiskrans, Agulhas, Struisbaai, Elim, Bredasdorp and Napier which all form part of the Cape Agulhas region. The office is based in Bredasdorp and is the central hub when it comes to planning activities in-and-around Cape Agulhas. From t...
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