Attaqua

Attaqua lies in the Little Karoo, among the valleys north of the Outeniqua Mountains. Khoekhoe herders moved through this region with their livestock, using grazing grounds at different times of the year. The Attaqua were among the communities known to travellers in the southern Cape in the late seventeenth century. Settler farmers reached the country around Oudtshoorn in the 1750s, and their farms became established during the following decades, changing the use of the valley's land and water.