Tulbagh Visitor's Info
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In this section we hope to cover all the information a visitor or tourist might require in order to plan a first rate trip to Tulbagh. We will be adding to it over the coming months, so stay with us. The valley was first settled in 1699, but the village only really began to take shape in 1743 after the construction of the church, now a museum. It was to here, on the outer rim of the settled European areas, that early trekboer families would bring their children out of the wilderness to be baptised. The Oude Kerk Volksmuseum is the oldest church building in South Africa still existing in its original cross shaped design. This church (and three annexes) now house interesting furniture, porcelain and glass collections. Tulbagh is one of the most complete examples of an 18th and 19th century village in South Africa. Seriously damaged by an earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter Scale in 1969, buildings have been restored with painstaking care. Amongst much else, there exists an entire street, named Church Street, of Cape Dutch architecture in which every building has been declared a national monument. The village celebrates this restoration in grand style on the last Saturday of October each year when the street comes alive for the Tulbagh Festival. This festival is enhanced by falling during what is probably the most beautiful season of the year. The Tulbagh valley is a beautiful horseshoe shaped idyll, surrounded by mountains up to 2200m high. To the north and west is the Groot Winterhoek wilderness area and to the east, the Witzenberg mountain range. Tulbagh falls within the winter rainfall area but has less rain than Cape Town, approximately 600mm per year. During winter there are regular snow falls on the mountains, while the summer is hot and dry. The combination of mountains and cultivated land makes for awe inspiring scenery with green vineyards and fruit orchards in the north to mainly wheat in the southern section.
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