Outenniqua Mountains

The Outeniqua Mountains run along the southern Cape, separating the coastal forests from the drier valleys of the Little Karoo. The range takes its name from the Outeniqua Khoekhoe, who lived in the surrounding country. In 1689 Isaac Schrijver crossed the southern mountains on a trading expedition from the Cape towards the Inqua. Rivers and wooded slopes made the range a place of both passage and resources, with mountain fynbos and forest occupying different parts of its slopes.