Kareedouw is a town in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is the administrative centre for the Kou-Kamma Municipality in the Cacadu District of the Eastern Cape.
The town's name derives from the Khoe phrase meaning "path by the karee trees". The town was established by white settlers around the year 1750.[1]
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Kareedouw is the gateway to the Langkloof Mountains; 120 km from Port Elizabeth. It nestles between the Tsitsikamma and Suuranys Mountains. A popular activity is 4x4 trips through the Suurveld, Kouga and Baviaanskloof Wilderness areas, canoe trips on the Kouga River, and camping and hiking trails. [2][3][4]
One important person connected to the town is John Vorster, prime minister from 1966 to 1978, who had a house on the coast and is buried in the cemetery next to the Dutch Reformed Church. [5]
There is a Kareedouw Peak and a Kareedouw Pass.[7]
The Tsitsikamma mountains are a mountain range located in the Garden Route region of the southern South African coast in the Western Cape and Eastern Cape provinces. They stretch just over 80 km from the Keurbooms River in the west just north of Plettenberg Bay, to Kareedouw Pass in the east.[8] The Formosa Conservation Area is adjacent to the Jagersbos farm, about 15 km west of Kareedouw.[9]
There are medical and pharmaceutical facilities, a public library, and a Lutheran Missionary Monument at or near Kareedouw.[10][11][12]