Camdeboo National Park

How to get there

Camdeboo National Park surrounds the town of Graaff-Reinet in the Eastern Cape of South Africa.

When entering Graaff-Reinet, you will enter on College Road. College Road becomes Church Street. The Old Dutch Reformed Church is dead centre of this road and vehicles can only turn left around the church and will come to a stop street. Turn left at the stop street into Caledon Street and proceed down the street. At the four-way stop, turn right into the road towards Murraysburg. Keep going onto the road to the Valley of Desolation. The entrance to the park is 8km from Graaff-Reinet on the Murraysburg road.

The nearest international airport is in Cape Town and the nearest domestic airport in Port Elizabeth.

From Cape Town, take the N1 highway towards Beaufort West. Pass through the town of Beaufort West and then turn right onto the R61 to Aberdeen. At Aberdeen, take the N9 towards Graaff-Reinet.

Beaufort West to Graaff-Reinet = 209 km.
Cape Town to Graaff-Reinet = approx. 600 km.

From Port Elizabeth, take the R75 to Jansenville and Graaff-Reinet.

Port Elizabeth to Graaff-Reinet = 251 km.

Gate Entrance Times

Valley of Desolation Gates

	Jan - Feb	Mar	Apr	May	June	July-Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec
Open	06:00	06:00	06:30	07:00	07:00	07:00	06:30	06:00	06:00	06:00
Close	20:00	19:30	19:00	18:30	18:00	18:30	19:00	19:30	20:00	20:30

Game Viewing Area & Lakeview Gates

	Jan - Feb	Mar	Apr	May	June	July-Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec
Open:	06:00	06:00	06:30	07:00	07:00	07:00	06:30	06:00	06:00	06:00
Close:	19:30	19:00	18:30	18:00	17:30	18:00	18:30	19:00	19:30	20:00