Lutzville (B 13)

Name: Lutzville

The small town of Lutzville is situated on the banks of the Olifants River within the West Coast Region. The famous and impressive Sishen-Saldanha Railway bridges the river at Lutzville. This region is well known for its hospitality, excellent wines and agricultural produce.


Lutzville
They are a mere three hour's drive from Cape Town and about 25km from the snoek and crayfish-filled West Coast waters. Lutzville, previously known as Vleermuijskip, is synonymous with quality wine, beautiful spring flowers, the tea, unforgettable holiday experience, a moderate climate and friendly people. 7km from Lutzville, the close by hamlet of Koekenaap is set in a patchwork landscape of farming units. As in Lutzville, farmers produce grapes, tomatoes, beans, potatoes, beetroot, pumpkin and a variety of fruit.


As in most of the smaller towns, the church steeple can be seen from the surrounding countryside



Who to contact

Tel : +27 27 2013376
Fax : +27 27 2134819
Email : tourism@matzikamamun.co.za

Physical Address: Church Street
Vredendal
8160


How to get here
Two Villages very close together 50km northwest of the N7 in the Matzikama Sub Region.


The friendly town of Lutzville is situated 59 km northwest on the R363 of the national N7 road and is sandwiched between the Atlantic Ocean on the West Coast and inland by the Olifantsriver.

Lutzville has a unique golf course and golfers usually end up having a refreshing drink in the adjacent Lutzville Wine Cellar. This is South Africa´s most westerly cellar. Lutzville Wine Cellar was established in 1962 and has produces some of the finest wines in the world. This can possibly be attributed to the area´s misty mornings, sunny days and fresh sea breezes - all conditions under which the vines flourish. This small town was originally named "Vleermuijsklip" which means bat rock. It derived this name from a rocky outcrop and overhang just outside the town - early travelling parties such as Pieter Everhaert and missionaries used to notice hoards of bats congregating at the rock. Today this rocky outcrop is a national monument, and one can even still see the marks were elephants used to rub themselves on their way to a nearby spring. At the beginning of the early 1800s, large herds of elephant were often seen in the area, hence the name Olifants River Valley. Vlermuisklip later became Luztville, named after the irrigation engineer, Johan Lutz.

In close vicinity you will find the impressive Sishen Saldanha Railway Bridge which crosses the Olifants River on the R363.

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History and Activities for Lutzville



Initially known as Vlermuisklip, it was renamed Lutzville in 1923 in honour of John Lutz. Vlermuisklip (Bats Rock) was the rocky overhang on the outskirts of the town that was used on various expeditions as an overnight camp. This rock has since been declared a National Monument.

The following activities are available:

Birding
Bushmen Paintings
Canoeing
Cray fishing
Diving
Ebenhaezer Mission Station
Fishing
Hiking
Koekenaap
Namaqua Sand Mineral Mining
National Monuments
River Cruises
Rose Nursery
Seal Island
Sishen-Saldanha Railway Bridge
Tomato Factory
Wild flowers
Wine Cellar




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