As mentioned in our previous post last week (read here), this will be the second and final post of our camping weekends towards the end of 2025.

Our BIG wild camping adventure at the end of 2025 and beginning of 2026 will follow soon.

November 2025

Camping weekend at an old favourite next to the Breede River

I can’t remember how many times we have camped at Rivierzicht River Resort over the years, but I do remember that our friends’ kids were still very young the first time we went there, and now some of them are already married.

Rivierzicht is without a doubt one of our favourite campsites in the Western Cape. After living in the Eastern Cape for three years, it was time to go back to see if anything had changed since our last camp in 2020.

Tranquility next to the Breede River

Rivierzicht River Resort, in the heart of the Robertson Wine Valley, is only 159km/98 miles from Cape Town. This makes it the perfect weekend destination for those campers who live in the city and are looking for a weekend getaway not too far from home. Here you will not only find many shady campsites along the Breede River, but also bush camp tents (permanent tents on wooden poles) and cabins.

The bush camp tents and cabins are a great option for people who don’t want to bring their own tents/caravans/camping trailers along, but still want to be close to nature. We have stayed in the bush camp tents before and really enjoyed it. This weekend, however, we decided to tow our Metalian trailer for yet another relaxing camping weekend.

Our rooftop tent on the Metalian Trailer

Side note:In preparation for our wild camping adventure in December/January, there are now a few extra additions to our trailer. Since we enjoy preparing food while camping, we have expanded the kitchen side of the trailer with a Metalian drawer for herbs/spices to make it easily accessible. One of the compartments is also now a dedicated coffee/tea station. We tested it during this camping weekend and were happy to see that it worked perfectly.

Drawer for herbs/spices and hot drinks station in our Metalian Trailer

The sunset was as spectacular as we remembered from previous camping weekends at Rivierzicht. With a glass of crisp white wine, we sat by the fire to enjoy the colours of the sunset. Our dinner was homemade burgers on the fire.

The sun is about to set over the Breede River at Rivierzicht

Wine, a camping fire and stunning sunset colours

Hamburgers on the fire

We woke up on a beautiful, windless Saturday morning. I love this early morning tranquility next to a river.

Beautiful morning next to the Breede River

We wanted to walk through the campsite to see what had changed since our last visit, but first it was time for breakfast. No surprise here when we made our favourite ‘Yellow Sands River Brunch’ (read here).

Breakfast time

While we were enjoying our breakfast, we saw several people on the water. Some were in fishing kayaks, while others were on their stand-up paddleboards.

Campers relaxing on the river

On our walk through the campsite, it was clear that not much had changed since our last visit four years ago. The grass was still green and the grounds were well maintained. We agreed that the trees were definitely taller and denser, which is probably a good thing as it provides much-needed shade from the blazing summer sun.

Green grass at a camp site is always welcome

Fully equipped bush camps

Cabin and cabin shaded area next to the river

Plenty of trees for shade during the hot summer months

Another bush camp

There is an area where you can buy ice, drinking water, and wood. It operates on an honesty system where you take what you need and put the money in a locked box.

Honesty box for ice, water and wood

Rivierzicht is located on a working farm, and the road leading from the main road to the campsite is well maintained. It was wonderful to see that they still farm with pomegranates (we remember these trees from our previous visits). And, as always, we saw many flowers (although some might be weeds).

Farm road

Pomegranate on a tree

Flower and/or weed

Road to our camp site

When you camp, you share the ablution facilities with other campers. There are quite a few of these facilities all over the campsite, and the cleaning staff make regular rounds to ensure that they are always clean.

Ablution facilities

Back at our campsite, we took out our chairs and relaxed under the shady area. We watched a river barge go by and also a few smaller boats with families enjoying the afternoon on the river.

Relaxing at our camp site

Boats on the Breede River

It was actually quite a hot day and we didn’t want to spend too long in the sun. Hotdogs were the quickest meal to prepare over the fire and these are always tasty with our favourite sauce, Mrs Balls Chutney.

Fire to ‘braai’ our South African ‘boerewors’ (farmers’ sausage)

Relaxing on our picnic blanket in the shade

Delicious hotdogs (with our favourite sauce)

After lunch we got hold of our books and pillows and spent a relaxing afternoon by the river. We were also fortunate to see a variety of birds picking up crumbs near us.

Birds enjoying ‘lunch’ at our campsite

One of the many reasons I love camping

Gorgeous afternoon at Rivierzicht

In the evening Berto made another fire so that we could prepare dinner. This time it was lamb chops, curry ‘sosaties’ and ‘braaibroodjies’ – such a typical South African ‘braai’ meal.

Last campfire and sunset of the weekend

Dinner on the fire

We packed up early the next morning. The weather forecast predicted a heatwave and we wanted to make sure we were on the road before it became too hot.

This was also a good excuse (not that we actually needed one) to enjoy a delicious breakfast at one of the many restaurants along the route. We have eaten at Nuy on the Hill (between Robertson and Worcester) several times before (we have even written about our time here during one of our many road trips – read here). Breakfast under the brightly coloured sun umbrellas was a great way to end our camping weekend at Rivierzicht River Resort.

Colourful sun umbrellas at Nuy on the Hill

Delicious breakfast

This will definitely not be the last time we camped at Rivierzicht River Resort – the tranquility and beauty you find here are just two of the many reasons why outdoor enthusiasts (like us) love this place so much.