DESPATCHES Montagu
If you stand in the middle of the intersection of Montagu’s Long and Church streets, you can view each of the four main styles of architecture found in the pretty old village (but be alert - Long Street is the R62, with cars whizzing past on the way to and from Oudtshoorn, along the world’s longest wine route).
The small Western Cape town was founded on the farm Uitvlugt in 1851 and was originally not very imaginatively known as Agter Cogmans Kloof, as it was on the other side of the Cogmans Kloof. In the Cape Fold Belt, it is surrounded by the Langeberg, and is on the banks of the Keisie and Kingna rivers, which have their confluence in the town.
