Revered as the mountain-mecca of the Cape – for its boundless mountain ranges and rock formations that shape the Langeberg landscape like stoic soldiers of the Breede River Valley – the quaint agricultural town of Montagu nestles itself amongst the rivers, the orchards, the vineyards and the healing hot mineral springs. Charming old homesteads, antique furniture stores, cafés, bookstores, market places, restaurants and galleries line themselves along the leafy lanes of the historical hamlet. A palpable sense of familiarity envelopes as you ramble down the roads, witnessing the odd peach fall from the back of a farm bakkie and a gaggle of geese sauntering between jovial members of the community as they emphatically salute your arrival, waving a glass of the region’s grapes in hand.
