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Jonkershoek Nature Reserve

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purchased Assegaaibosch, and the house was renovated to its present condition. It is now a national monument and is used as a guest house.
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granted the land to Wouter Eduard Wium, with the special proviso that he plant oak trees, and the area now includes many huge oaks.
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Started as the Assegaaibosch farmstead in 1790, it was subsequently altered substantially by its various occupants. In 1817
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have their origins in these mountains, the former also flowing through the Jonkershoek valley on its way to
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issued in the valley: Jan Andriessen, who had been a bachelor midshipman, was also known as Jan de
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The name Jonkershoek is said to hail from the 17th century owner of one of the freeholds that
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Mountains within the Hottentots-Holland Mountain Catchment Area and it contains the smaller
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located approximately 10 km (6 mi) south-east of the town of
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The reserve can be accessed from Stellenbosch via Jonkershoek Road.
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Index

Jonkershoek Nature Reserve
Western Cape
South Africa
Stellenbosch
Coordinates
33°58′10″S 18°56′10″E / 33.96944°S 18.93611°E / -33.96944; 18.93611
CapeNature
Jonkershoek Nature Reserve - CapeNature
CapeNature
nature reserve
Stellenbosch
Western Cape
South Africa
Hottentots-Holland
Assegaaibosch Nature Reserve
Jonkershoek Mountains
Eerste River
Berg River
False Bay
Simon van der Stel
Jonkheer
Lord Charles Somerset
Cape Provincial Administration
leopard
caracal
klipspringer
baboon
honey badger
mongoose
kingfisher

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