Leeu-Gamka

Originally known as Frasersburg Road, Leeu-Gamka is a convenient overnight stop in the N1. The village is situated near the confluence of two episodic rivers, the Gamka (Khoikhoi word for lion or deep) and the Leeu (Afrikaans for lion) from which it also takes it’s name.

GENERAL INFORMATION

How to get there

Beaufort West 75 km, Laingsburg 123 km, Oudtshoorn 92 km, Prince Albert 62 km

Rivers

Leeu River, Gamka River

HISTORICAL VIEW

British Block house

Guarding the railway bridge over the Leeu River, built during the Angelo-Boer-War.