Gouda is a small village near Voelvlei Dam and the Parrots Den Pub in the Gouda Hotel is a living museum. Tulbagh is a historical town with a wealth of charming Cape Dutch architecture. 4 Church Street has a photographic history of the street and the 1969 earthquake. 14 Church Street is a Victorian exhibition, and 22 Church Street is a Cape Dutch House which may be viewed. The Oude Drostdy Museum is 4km from Tulbagh and houses a fine collection of early Cape furniture and utensils.
Local artists display their work here.
Visit the Elro Furniture Factory and Showroom where imbuia, yellowwood and blackwood furniture is manufactured. Kies en Keur Home Industry displays the local arts and crafts. The temperatures here are extreme and winter brings the heaviest snowfalls in the Cape. Ceres is named after the Roman goddess of fertility and its fertile soils have made the area the most important deciduous fruit growing district in South Africa. Ceres has become an important fruit-juice producing area and Ceres Fruit Juices produce Ceres, Liquifruit and Fruitree juices.