(Including Rosebank and Mowbray)

Originally known as Ronde Bosjen (‘round bushes’) and dating back to 1656, the modern Rondebosch is characterized by it’s magnificent trees and gardens.

HISTORICAL VIEW

Irma Stern Museum

On display are works by South African artist, Irma Steyn, rare Congolese works of art, 15^th and 17^th century European furniture and Ming dynasty ceramics.

Rondebosch Common

Served as a military camp during the British occupation of the Cape (1806) and the rile of the Batavian Republic up to the end of the Napoleonic Wars. It was later used as grazing land and was proclaimed a National Monument in 1961.

Mostert’s Mill

Dating back to 1796, this is only one of two surviving Dutch windmills of the Cape. Originally owned by the Van Reenen family of the farm Welgelegen and extended into the present Rhodes Estate.

University of Cape Town (UCT)

Reconstructed by well-known architect Sir Herbert Baker in 1894, the Belvedere summer house, originally built by the Dutch East India Company, ranks amongst the oldest buildings in South Africa. Baker also rebuilt the Woolsack residence, on instructions from Cecil John Rhodes himself, for exclusive use by poets and artists. The building features a mix of Cape Dutch architecture.

Rhodes Memorial

Erected in memory of Cecil John Rhodes, Prime Minister of the Cape (1890 – 1896). The memorial offers magnificent views of the Cape Flats, False Bay and the Drakenstein Mountains.

ACTIVITIES

Sport

Picturesque Mowbray golf course with the Black River meandering through – Championship golf course

Accommodation in and around Rondebosch