Kakamas

The Kakamas settlement was founded by missionaries from the Dutch Reformed Church in 1897. It was initially intended as a colony for livestock farmers who had been bankrupted by a drawn-out drought. Each farmer lent his hands to an irrigation project, and was rewarded with a plot of land irrigated by the resulting canals and tunnels.

One single Kakamas peach tree is the progenitor of three quarters of all the trees supplying the South African peach canning industry. The hot and dry climate at Kakamas is perfect for soft fruits, which are irrigated from the series of primitive canals, driven by ancient water wheels.

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