We loved our three night stay at Fossil Ridge Eco Camp. Beautifully laid out. Both tents have plenty of privacy tucked away amongst the thorn trees. The bathrooms Were spotless. The kitchen was well equipped. The eco pool, although chilly when we visited in winter, was gorgeous & worth a freezing dip. A short path from the pool leads to a level area wth two deck chairs with stunning view. Ideal for sunset drinks.

Mountaneous unspoilt nature at its best! Nature reserve managed by Cape Nature. Normal vehicles can access main camp near northern entrance through unpaved access road. Self catering accommodation available. Day hiking on various footpaths can be done. Vehicles with 4X4, high clearance and low range can negotiate the various roads in the nature reserve. Roads into mountain are very rocky and narrow and extreme care is needed to prevent tyre damage. Spectacular scenic views from top of pass. Excellent drive for 4X4 enthusiasts and nature lovers. Proteas and mountain zebras are further highlights.

Fabulous stay and 4 day hiking experience. Well-maintained facilities, hiking trails and excellent signage. Friendly and helpful staff.

Fantastic place to visit with so much to do to suit all ages. No wonder they are rated top 50 in Africa- from professional staff to well appointed, clean, exceptional accommodation and fantastic info boards along all the hikes. The best feature was our pool at Xami eco lodge. We will be back!

Beautiful place, very clean and it has everything you need for a perfect getaway with family, friends or spouse. Will be back soon!!

Would recommend if you love nature and adventure! Please note that theres no signal but only at the lodge. Plenty to do from Bird watching to long and exciting mountain hiking. 10/10 would recommend for decent price overall!

Magnificent. Wonderfully designed, very well appointed echo village. Glamping at its best. Friendly and efficient staff. If you hike (I dont ) it is perfect.

Most amazingly nice camping site. Only 2 sights well maintained with Braai lapa and chairs. Ablutions very very clean and nice. Nice and quiet and relaxing. Rest of the park looks exceptionally well maintained. Well done Cape Nature.

This place is where you come to rest the soul, it is quiet and peaceful. The facilities are clean and well maintained. It gets very hot during the day, make sure to bring a hat

Amazing beauty and great gravel bike territory

The staff are amazing and the facilities are spotless , we were made welcome and given briefing and everything was perfect on the trail and huts , well done this makes me proud to in the Western Cape and Cape Nature rocks !

Just outside of Oudtshoorn on the road to Calitzbdorp sits this gem of a nature reserve. It offers overnight accommodation from campsites and cost-effective converted stables to more luxurious tented bush camps. The Tierkloof offers hikes including an overnight route to Ou Kraal on the plateau as well as rock climbing routes for the more adventurous. There is also a 4x4 trail for 4x4 enthusiasts. A wonderful place for the whole family to enjoy. The night skies are especially wonderful.

Fantastic facilitys. We loved the Tierkloof walk en glamping was perfect.

A beautiful off-the-grid breakaway destination!

Wow. Find your inner peace in the Klein Karoo. Unspoilt nature, stylish eco lodges /camping, eco-pools, culture & heritage trails.

Peaceful and beautiful. Lovely hiking

We loved every minute of our stay. Breathtaking views. Peaceful, tranquil. We will be back

Beautiful scenery and the rock formations are beautiful to see..

This is one of the greatest hidden secrets of the Western Cape. CapeNature have really looked after this place and made their eco-camps in such an incredible and thoughtful way! welldone to all the rangers and management! The eco-camps really come equipped with absolutely everything you may need and are so well maintained.One night is definitely not enough!

Nice and very clean place

This is our second visit to Gamkaberg Tierkloof camp , the camp can host 8 people but if you book it for less you get the whole camp to yourself ! Facilities are comprehensive and well maintained . The lounge even has a wood burning stove for winter and a lapa with comfortable folding chairs and choice of standing braai or fire pit type cooking. Take your own braai tools as these are not supplied as they get stolen regularly. Each tent has its own deck and comfortable lounge chairs covering a variety of bed options from kingsize to twin singles. The 4x4 trail is awesome but requires an experienced driver due to some dramatic slopes and gullies . Ablutions are as to be expected in a bush camp but plenty of hot water! Kitchen is well equipped. No 220v mains but very good solar lighting system. Birding is very good and Fynbos Buttonquails can be flushed on the top of the mountain. Taking advantage of regular discounts offered out of season makes for a very affordable break.

Tierkloof eco camp is a very special spot for a group of 8. It is the highlight of my year so far. The hike up, and sleepover, at Ou Kraal is a must.

Facilitys clean, neat and organized, kitchen well equipped, fridge a bit small for 6 people,tent very nice, beds one to hard the others to soft, thanks to Prins for being a good host.4x4 track not for fainthearted

Excellent and best I ever visited!

An extremely well run reserve, neatly laid out and mostly well maintained

Unlimited space and grandeur.

The place is dramatic. It is arid little Karoo landscape with Cape Fold mountains, gorges, mountain passes, and a variety of walks and hikes. The 4x4 trail is awesome. Not macho man three wheel stuff, with rocks to break the vehicle. A well-maintained route with spectacular drop-offs and some great viewpoints, from which we looked down on a pair of Black Eagles hunting in the gorge. The plant life us unique and totally amazing. Highly adapted succulents and hardy bushes one does not see anywhere else. Good birds. Excellent camp site with a really surprisingly good shower etc. All spotless and well-maintained. Not often found by campers! Very pleasant staff and excellent interpretive materials.

Eco lodge very special & did the Overhang hike which was beautiful. Saw pair of Verreaux eagles!!

Beautiful reserve, well kept accommodation, friendly staff and a wonderful place to dissappear to for a weekend. The pool was especially lovely. Cape nature was also super helpful when we had to move our booking.

We loved the Gamkaberg Nature Reserve. Our tented camp for 2 couples was well planned and very pleasant. We had two problems, one of the composting toilet fans was not working which made that bathroom unpleasant to use, and the second was that the swimming pool pump was broken, (we were advised of this before our arrival and being cold we wouldnt have used it anyway!) All the staff we came into contact with were well trained and charming. We would definitely go back.

We spent 3 nights in the campsite and cannot fault a thing in this well managed and spotless reserve. We enjoyed the beautiful views and immaculate facilities at the campsite. The 4x4trail is challenging enough to get the adrenaline pumping a bit, and it leads up to spectacular landscapes. You truly are in the land of the gods up on top of the mountain. We had a picnic at the gorgeous Oukraal campsite, and saw the elusive Cape Mountain Zebra. The walking trails are well marked and varied, with plenty of points of interest along the way. Kudos to Cape Nature, this is an example of how all reserves should be run.

Great quiet place

Well kept secret close to Oudtshoorn. Well maintained and ideal if you want to experience a quiet time in nature, hiking, birding or just relaxing.

Nature, privacy, friendly & helpfull staff, fresh Karoo air & climate

Beautiful views from the 4x4 track!!

A very spacial place. The eco tent was fantastic with natural pool. Were further blessed with a Karoo thunderstorm. The perfect place to recharge your batteries and drink in the quiet of the Karoo.

Wonderful place to relax and enjoy nature. Accommodation top notch walks informative well kept reserve

It was such a lovely vacation spot! I would love to go back

Really well looked after reserve. Such an amazing visit with super friendly and helpful staff. A definite place to stay.

One of my favourite places to be surrounded by nature. Excellently managed. Sublime views from the 4x4 route and a stunning overnight trail.

The peace and quiet, the open spaces, the walks and drives allow the soul to replenish.

Great hideaway. Very friendly an helpfull staff. Good price and very neat.

Well kept and super friendly staff.Great activities including 4X4, trad climbing and hiking.

Such peaceful and magical environment! If you want to chill, this is where you go...

Such a peaceful and beautiful nature reserve, perfect for a dense nature lover, embedded in nature

Both visits was Awesome. Thank you Cape Nature!Weekend was a nice Breakaway in the mountains #Tierkloof

Very friendly staff, excellent facilities and great walks

A real nature experience. Good accommodation. Very tranquil

What an amazing eco friendly gem! Beautifully done, clean, cosy and very well equipped. No power to charge cellphones and laptops except for the info office, but what a welcome break from technology. You will not leave here feeling recharged and motivated :)

Extremely clean and super friendly staff! .... well and theres nature itself!

If you looking for absolute peace and quiet and to enjoy the beautiful karoo in very nice facilities then book your stay

Beautiful mountain pass is cherry on top!

Peace and quiet, morning and evening birdsong beautiful, well laid out trails, recommended

Xami Eco Cabin is the jewel in CapeNatures crown.

Phenomenal! Secluded gem. Eco friendly with great service.

Great attention to detail. Well done !

Beautiful campsite. Clean, tidy, and peaceful. Friendly staff.

What a gem! Welcomed by Adriaan it was obvious the staff have fully bought into providing excellent service with a smile. We stayed at Tierkloof Eco for two nights and enjoyed every minute! The 4*4 trip up to Oukraal was an eye opener, beautiful views we saw eland and enjoyed a brunch at the overnight hut which was immaculate. Nice to see the Orange breasted sunbirds showing off. PS try Best Drive in Oudtshoorn for getting out of hours tyres.... two sidewalls on an Amarok were replaced with a smile 👌🏻

Amazing reserve amazing accommodation amazing service and people

Ive been here many times, over the years, it has only ever improved.

Always a pleasure to visit Gamkaberg Nature Reserve, whether it is for a weekend or even a Sunday braai in the Karoo. 10/10 for the staff, they are extremely helpful and always so friendly.

Prestine natural surroundings, amazing birdlife, very well managed facility, clean and friendly!

A great spot for a technology free bush break. Solar power for lights in the camps but thats it. Only sweetthorn seems to have sporadic cell access.

Wonderful accommodation in luxury tents. Klein Karoo Karoo vegetation as well as Fynbos and forest in the kloof. Cape Mountain zebra, eland, rooi hartbees and abundant birdlife.

Perfect getaway to detox from the city.

Pssst, please keep it a secret !

We visited this Cape Nature Reserve in May 2016 with four friends in two other 4x4 vehicles. We were made to feel very welcome at reception and given the low down on the Reserve including receiving a tub of hot chocolate and packet of marshmallows for their “Winter Promotion”. We followed Willem and Piet who drove us to the Tierkloof Eco Lodge and showed us around the entire tented camp area which was spotless, the gravel paths having even been swept. Nothing was too much for them and we traipsed after them enjoying the hospitality on offer including but not limited to a beautiful eco pool (for hot summer months). We spent two nights there split by one night at Oukraal (on top of the mountain) in little 2-bed log cabins, which were such a delight and an unexpected find. Again the campsite was clean and well maintained. We would highly recommend this local getaway venue. Thank you to all the Gamkaberg Staff who made every effort to make our stay enjoyable. Regards Malcolm, Shelagh, Greg, Sandy, Mark & Teresa

Quiet........ Lovely

Beautiful Karoo Area

Note the main entrance to Gamkaberg Nature Reserve is the northern entrance located at 33 40 15.31 S 21 53 19.81 E. The Southern Gate is locked an unmanned and visitors to the reserve would have to go back to the main entrance which is about a 50 kilometre detour.

Beautiful part of the country

Absolutely amazing

Clean camping spots

Amazing place in nature. Lovely facilities, pristine scenery, a piece of heaven on earth.

Very nice

Very niceSuper 4x4 track