People pay good money for the kind of entertainment you get free on a sunny weekend on the banks of the Bulshoek Dam. And, if you’re a Jackass fan, fond of clowns or any other form of slapstick buffoonery, you’ll be particularly delighted with a couple of days on the water’s edge.

The denim-blue dam, along the N7 about 24km north of Clanwilliam, on the western side of the Cederberg, is beautifully nestled among the wheatlands, pastures and fynbos in a gently sloping valley on the Olifants River. Click here to read more