KEURBOMEN
Keurbomen is an area approximately 2 km outside the town of Swellendam.
Swellendam is the third oldest town in South Africa, established in 1745. The town has over 50 provincial heritage sites, most of them buildings of Cape Dutch architecture. Swellendam is situated approximatelyt 220 km from both Cape Town and George.
Some of the well known families that settled in the region and have stayed for decades are the Barry family, the Moodies from Scotland, the Steyns, the Streicher family and the Dunn family. Both Johannes Brand and Francis Reitz spent childhood time in the same Cape Dutch house in Swellendam. Both became presidents of the Orange Free stat.