MOUNTAIN RETREAT

Piketberg sits brooding on the eastern slopes of Piketberg Mountain, a range that stands alone, an island bordered by the three towns – with Aurora to the west and Redelinghuys to the north.

It is intertwined with its mountain, which watches over it, benevolently. The little town is dominated by its huge neo gothic Dutch Reformed Church, built at the top of Kerk/Church Street in 1880 with a commanding view of the surrounding farmlands.

It is here that Piketbergʼs historical heart sits. And it is this that we have come to explore, cranking up the N7 from Cape Town. The smaller roads always lead to the best places.

The church was designed by architect Carl Otto Hager and is built of Table Mountain sandstone. Back then,