Dam wall
Dam wall is a scenic viewpoint in Camdeboo Local Municipality, Sarah Baartman District Municipality, Eastern Cape. Dam wall is situated nearby to the historic building Swembad, as well as near the reservoir Nqweba Dam.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Camdeboo National Park and Hester Rupert Art Museum.
Camdeboo National Park
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Camdeboo National Park is in Karoo Heartland of South Africa. It is most famous for the Valley of Desolation, where breathtaking cliffs and columns of rock form a haven for dozens of birds species.
Hester Rupert Art Museum
Museum
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Hester Rupert Art Museum is situated 2 km southeast of Dam wall.
Nqweba Dam
Reservoir
Nqweba Dam, is an earth-fill type dam located on the Sundays River in the Camdeboo National Park, in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa. It was opened in 1925.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Graaff-Reinet and Kroonvale.
Graaff-Reinet
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Graaff-Reinet is a town of 36,000 people in the Karoo Heartland. A touch of history wafts around the old houses, the small church and the busy main street of Graaff-Reinet.
Kroonvale
Suburb
Graaff-Reinet, officially Robert Sobukwe Town after a name change in February 2026, is a town in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. It is the oldest town in the province and the sixth oldest town in South Africa, after Cape Town, Stellenbosch, Simon's Town, Paarl and Swellendam. Kroonvale is situated 4½ km southeast of Dam wall.
Adendorp
Village
Adendorp, officially KwaMseki Bishop Limba after a name change in February 2026, is a village 8 km south of Graaff-Reinet, on the Sundays River. It was named after the former owner of the farm, N J Adendorff, who sub-divided it into smallholdings in about 1858. Adendorp is situated 7 km south of Dam wall.
Dam wall
- Type: Scenic viewpoint
- Category: tourism
- Location: Camdeboo Local Municipality, Sarah Baartman District Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-32.23666° or 32° 14′ 12″ southLongitude
24.52629° or 24° 31′ 35″ eastOpen location code
4GV6QG7G+8GOpenStreetMap ID
node 4471048197OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=viewpoint
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