Papendorp is a small village on the
Atlantic Ocean
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coastline of
Western Cape Province
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,
South Africa
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. This village resides under
Matzikama Local Municipality
Matzikama Local Municipality is a local municipality (South Africa), local municipality which governs the northernmost part of the Western Cape province of South Africa, including the towns of Vredendal, Vanrhynsdorp, Klawer and Lutzville, and t ...
.
Papendorp is located at the mouth of the
Olifants River and at high tide it is possible to navigate to
Lutzville
Lutzville is a settlement in West Coast District Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It resides under the Matzikama Local Municipality.
Village 22 km north-west of Vredendal and 45 km west of Vanrhynsdorp. Established in A ...
on a
flat-bottomed boat
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The flat hull also makes the boat more stable in calm water, whic ...
, about 30 km upstream. Ebenhaezer, a
Rhenish mission station established in 1831 is located a few km further inland, on the road between Papendorp and Lutzville. There are
salt pans in the area that are exploited commercially.
Strandfontein is located a few km south down the coast.
References
External links
Directions from Lutzville to Papendorp
{{West Coast District Municipality
Populated places in the Matzikama Local Municipality