Caledon (Western Cape) Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
town in the Western Cape, South Africa
About Caledon (Western Cape)
The Caledon district is primarily an agricultural region. Most agricultural activities involve grain production with a certain amount of stock farming. The town is locally well known for the Caledon Spa and Casino and for its rolling hills and yellow canola fields in spring. The place was known in Dutch as Bad agter de Berg (Bath Behind the Mountain). A bath house was built in 1797 and a village called Swartberg sprang up, which was later renamed Caledon in honour of the Irish peer Du Pre Alexander, 2nd Earl of Caledon (1777–1839), the first British governor of the Cape (1806-11). The town has a climate of warm, dry summers and cool, wet winters. Temperatures are modified by its close proximity to the South Atlantic Ocean, just over the Klein River Mountains to the south.
Top Attractions in Caledon (Western Cape)
Explore the best things to see and do in Caledon (Western Cape):
- ★Caledon Museum
- ★Caledon Spa
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