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Explore Welgelee
The district Welgelee of in City of Cape Town (Western Cape) is located in South Africa about 798 mi south-west of Pretoria, the country's capital.
If you need a place to sleep, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Stellenbosch, Cape Town, Paarl, Malmesbury and Moorreesburg. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 24°C / 75 °F
Morning Temperature | 16°C / 61 °F |
Evening Temperature | 17°C / 62 °F |
Night Temperature | 13°C / 56 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 1% |
Air Humidity | 41% |
Air Pressure | 1011 hPa |
Wind Speed | Fresh Breeze with 14 km/h (8 mph) from South-East |
Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 50% of sky |
General Conditions | Light rain |
Tuesday, 26th of November 2024
17°C (63 °F)
14°C (57 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Wednesday, 27th of November 2024
18°C (64 °F)
13°C (56 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Thursday, 28th of November 2024
24°C (76 °F)
16°C (61 °F)
Scattered clouds, gentle breeze.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Meerendal Boutique Hotel
Bell Rosen Guesthouse
Cape Pillars Boutique Hotel
Feathers Lodge
Homestead Villas
Le Petit Chateau
The Boston Guest House
Maroela House
Hill Top Guest House
Broadway Guesthouse
Videos from this area
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South Africa Safari - Cape Town
Filmed in "Inverdoorn Game Reserve & Safari Lodge" and in "Aquila Safari".
Bad Driving - Old Oak Road, Vredenberg, Durbanville, Cape Town
Notice the lane in the centre is blocked off as there are road works taking place. Behind me the other cars are backing up and now forming a noticeable queue. Also see the left lane has an...
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Buh-Rein Estate - Cape Town, South Africa
Award-winning Buh-Rein Estate has been designed to offer you a richly enjoyed lifestyle, protected by state of the art security. There is simply nothing like it on the market. First phase...
Bad Driving - Old Paarl Road, Brackenfell, Cape Town
The driver of the VW Polo clearly was not keen the allow the somewhat unroadworthy Mazda 323 to get ahead of him... and when the driver of the Mazda noticed the Polo he also accelerated to...
Bad Driving - De Bron, Vredekloof, Durbanville, Cape Town
Apologies for the grainy footage, night time video still sucks. Speed freaks think they race drivers, these numb nuts should be locked up, period! DLAPC Rating: 8/10 [Both of them] VW Citi...
Bad Driving - Vygieboom Rd, Vygieboom, Durbanville, Cape Town
The driver of this VW was apparently unaware that the Stop sign inferred a complete stop, not Drive-Thru as displayed in this footage. I cant be sure what speed he was travelling but it seems...
Gumboot dance
SAYC boys gumboot dancing at the 2012 Stellenberg - Durbanville iterschools culture evening.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Cape Flats
The Cape Flats (Afrikaans: Die Kaapse Vlakte) is an expansive, low-lying, flat area situated to the southeast of the central business district of Cape Town. To many people in Cape Town, the area is known simply as 'The Flats'. Described by some as 'apartheid's dumping ground', from the 1950s the area became home to people the apartheid government designated as non-White.
University of the Western Cape
The University of the Western Cape is a public university located in the Bellville suburb of Cape Town, South Africa. It was established in 1960 by the South African government as a university for Coloured people only. Other universities near Cape Town are the University of Cape Town, and the Stellenbosch University (originally for Afrikaans speaking whites). The establishing of UWC was a direct effect of the Separate University Education Bill of 1957.
Eben Dönges High School
Eben Dönges High School (Hoërskool Eben Dönges) is a government-funded, Afrikaans-medium high school in Kraaifontein, Western Cape, South Africa. In 2005 it had 851 students and 32 teachers.
Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Cape Peninsula University of Technology, a university in Cape Town, South Africa, is the only university of Technology in the Western Cape province, and is also the largest university in the province, with over 32,000 students.
Tygerberg
Tygerberg is one of the northern suburbs of Cape Town in South Africa. It is also the name the range of hills above the town.
Durbanville
Durbanville is a former town in the Western Cape province of South Africa, it now forms part of the greater City of Cape Town metropolitan area. Durbanville is a rural residential suburb on the northern outskirts of the metropolis and is surrounded by farms producing wine and wheat.
Bellville Velodrome
The Bellville Velodrome is a 250 meter, multi-purpose indoor velodrome located in Bellville (about 25 kilometers outside of the centre of Cape Town), South Africa. The velodrome was initially developed for the South African Olympic Bid, this venue hosted the World Cycling Federation Championships in 1999. The project was completed in 9 months from inception. The Velodrome features an acoustically treated soffit lining for purposes of hosting music and other entertainment events.
Bellville Stadium
Bellville Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Cape Town, South Africa. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Vasco Da Gama.
Belhar Secondary School
Belhar Secondary School is an Afrikaans/English mixed medium school in Bellville, Western Cape, South Africa. As of 2006 it had some 1,274 students http://wcedemis. wcape. gov. za/ibi_apps/WFServlet?IBIF_ex=INERSCHOOLN&EMIS_NO=0101323500 and was staffed by 35 educators. http://www. khanya. co. za/schools/khanyaschool. php?emisno=0101323500. In 2006 the Western Cape Education Department designated it one of 10 "Arts and Culture focus schools" to be set up over the following three years.
Hoërskool Bellville
Hoërskool Bellville (Bellville High School) is a high school in Bellville, South Africa. This School won the Singing cup in 2006 when they participated in the MTBS. As well as in 2003, 2004 and in 2008. It is a competition between four Cape Town High Schools namely DF Malan, Tygerberg, Bellville and Stellenbosch. It is made out of athletics as well as a song competition. This event is huge; the kids start practice the moment school starts in January.
Norwood, Western Cape
Norwood is a suburb of Cape Town, in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
Belhar
Belhar is a suburb of the City of Cape Town, South Africa, in the Cape Flats area. It is known for being the place where the Belhar Confession was formulated.
Fairbairn College
Fairbairn College is a public, co-educational high school in the suburb of Goodwood in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
Bellville railway station
Bellville railway station is a railway station in the town of Bellville, Western Cape, South Africa. It is the second-biggest station in the Cape Town Metrorail railway network, after the Cape Town terminus. All trains on Metrorail's Northern Line pass through Bellville, and one branch of the Central Line also terminates there. It is also a stop for Shosholoza Meyl trains that terminate in Cape Town.
Hugo Lambrechts Music Centre
Hugo Lambrechts Music Centre is a dedicated centre for the study of classical music for school-going pupils. Established in 1986, it is housed in one of the oldest school buildings in the northern suburbs of Cape Town.
Wingfield Aerodrome
Wingfield Aerodrome was first the Cape Town Municipal Aerodrome, then Air Force Station Wingfield under the SAAF, before being used as a Fleet Air Arm base by the Royal Navy. After World War II, the aerodrome reverted to being the municipal airport for a while. The history of Wingfield is synonymous with the history of flight in South Africa, including pioneering attempts at commercial aviation.
University of Stellenbosch Business School
University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB) is the business school of the University of Stellenbosch in Bellville, Western Cape, South Africa.
Blackheath train accident
The Blackheath train accident occurred at 7:03 a.m. on 25 August 2010 when a Metrorail commuter train crashed into a minibus taxi on the Buttskop Road level crossing in Blackheath, a suburb of Cape Town, South Africa. The minibus was carrying fourteen children to school; nine died on the scene and five were hospitalized. One of the injured children died two days later in the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital.
Range High School (Cape Town)
Range High School is an Afrikaans medium school in Matroosfontein, Western Cape, South Africa.
NNK Rugby Stadium
NNK Rugby Stadium is a multi-use stadium, situated in the Parow suburb of Cape Town, at the Western Cape Province in South Africa. Previously it was mostly used for rugby matches. Since September 2010, where the stadium became the new home venue for the National First Division club FC Cape Town, it has mainly been used to host football matches.
Erica Park
Erica Park, sometimes also referred to as Erica Park Stadium, is a multi-use stadium, situated in the Belhar suburb of Cape Town, at the Western Cape Province in South Africa. Until June 2010, the stadíum was known as the sole home venue of Ikapa Sporting, but since then, the club -for unknown reasons- preferred instead to play their home games in the Wynberg suburb.
University of the Western Cape Stadium
University of the Western Cape Stadium, commonly abbreviated and referred to as UWC Stadium, and sometimes also referred to as University of the Western Cape Sports Ground, is a multi-use stadium, situated in the Bellville suburb of Cape Town, at the Western Cape Province in South Africa. The exact location, is at the Southeastern corner of University of the Western Cape, only 300m from the Unibell railway station.
Bosmansdam High School
Bosmansdam High School was founded in 1971 in Bothasig, a suburb of Cape Town, and is a dual medium Afrikaans and English school. The school is state assisted and therefore, like most other schools in South Africa, it charges a set amount of money for its services. The school offers a wide variety of sporting and cultural activities.
Spier Wine Farm
Spier is a wine farm situated in the Stellenbosch region approximately 50 km from Cape Town, South Africa. The farm has enjoyed a long history which dates back to 1692 when the first free burghers trekked from the Cape colony to establish farms in this region. As one of the oldest farms in the region, it has long been noted for its cultural and historical significance particularly of its architecture. The farm buildings bear twenty one Cape Dutch Gables, more than any other farm in the area.
Fisantekraal Airfield
Fisantekraal Airfield is located approximately 13 km NE of Durbanville. It is an ex-air force airfield built circa 1943, where the airforce used to operate Lockheed Ventura bombers. It has been in private ownership since 1993. Fisantekraal Airfield serves as a general flying airfield, and is a favourite for flight training in the Cape Town area. The operators at the airfield include Sky Messaging, Cape Town Flight Training Center and Aerosport Training.