Matzikama

Matzikama lies in the dry country of the Olifants River and the southern approaches to Namaqualand. The Matzikama mountains rise between the Troe-Troe and Wiedou rivers, above plains where rain is uncertain. Their name is commonly explained as a Khoisan expression connected with water. Khoekhoe and San people lived in this region before colonial farms spread north from the Cape; rock art remains among the traces of its earlier inhabitants.