Kleinmond, near Hermanus on the Overberg coast, has been a holiday town since its inception.
In the mid-1800s, farmers from the area would make an annual journey by wagon to camp next to the Palmiet and Kleinmond lagoon.
The only permanent residents were the members of a fishing community who lived at the site of the present-day harbour. As the area’s popularity grew, the demand for a hotel became evident. In 1939, a certain Mr PJ Delport – known to the older residents of Kleinmond as “Ouman” Delport – answered by building the Sandown Hotel.Get 14 days free to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month. You can cancel anytime and if you cancel within 14 days you won't be billed.
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