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Riviersonderend

Riviersonderend

Situated on the Garden Route between Cape Town and Mossel Bay, Riviersonderend is a small farming village with a peaceful rural atmosphere. The valley offers magnificent views, with plenty of the Cape’s indigenous fynbos, wildflowers and mountains in the area. Property for sale in Riversonderend comprises houses and homes, as well as smallholdings, vacant land and farms.

The village was established in 1923 and there is much debate about the origin of the name Riviersonderend. Some attribute it to Willem ten Thyne who referred to the river as “sine fine flumen” or “river sonder eynde” in 1673. Although, in 1707 a horticulturist with the Dutch East India Company reputedly called the river “kanna kam kanna”, taken from the Hessequa tribal language meaning “water endless water”. Whatever the case, those who buy houses and homes in Riviersonderend are bound to fall in love with the