Category: Elim

• Elim Home

  Elim Home. Founded 60 yrs ago by the Moravian church when there are no such homes for children of colour in South Africa (‘Apartheid’). Home for 50 children with disabilities. With day care centres in Gansbaai and Bredasdorp. This week featured in Suidernuus.

  Herman van Bon Photography

  February 16, 2023

  Bredasdorp, Elim, Gansbaai, Herman van Bon Photography, Overberg

  apartheid, Elim Home, Moravian Church, south africa

• Black Oystercatcher

  … is also the name of a fabulous restaurant/winery in the middle of the triangle Bredasdorp/Struisbaai/Elim.

  Herman van Bon Photography

  February 11, 2023

  animals, Bredasdorp, Elim, Herman van Bon Photography, Overberg, photography, South Africa, Struisbaai, tourism, travel, wine

  Black Oystercatcher, nature, south africa

• Biblical Garden

  Biblical Garden in Elim, South Africa. Tourists usually see the church and houses with tatched roofs but the Moravian village in the Overberg has more treasures. One of these is is the Biblical Garden behind the church. And there is more but that for later. Nearby the church is the tourism bureau and the lady…

  Herman van Bon Photography

  February 10, 2023

  Elim, photography, South Africa, tourism, travel

  biblical garden, south africa

• Elim revisited

  Herman van Bon Photography

  January 8, 2023

  Elim, Herman van Bon Photography, Overberg, photography, South Africa, tourism, travel, village

• ‘Wild Horses’ of Elim

  Herman van Bon Photography

  January 6, 2023

  Elim, Herman van Bon Photography, Overberg, photography, South Africa

  wild horses

• Important Announcement

  Daily open during this Festive Season.Unique Jewellery Designs by Yvonne de Wit. Paintings by Marina Blight (guest artist). Photography by Herman van Bon.

  Herman van Bon Photography

  January 4, 2022

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  art, jewellery, paintings

• A bit of the Overberg in 2021

  Herman van Bon Photography

  December 31, 2021

  Arniston, Baardskeerderbos, Barrydale, Botrivier, Bredasdorp, Caledon, Cape Agulhas, destination, Die Kelders, dogs, Elim, flower, flowers, food, Franskraal, Gansbaai, garden, Genadendal, green cathedral of south africa, Greyton, Herman van Bon Photography, Hermanus, Kassiesbaai, kleinbaai, Kleinmond, Klipdale, Napier, Onrus, Overberg, Overstrand, Papiesvlei, photography, plants, Riviersonderend, Sandy’s Glen, South Africa, Stanford, Stormsvlei, Struisbaai, Suurbraak, Swellendam, Tesselaarsdal, tourism, travel, village, wine

  art, nature, south africa

• View into the Elim church through the window

  Herman van Bon Photography

  November 7, 2021

  Elim, Herman van Bon Photography, Overberg, photography, South Africa, travel, village

  church, view, window

• Good Morning in The Overberg

  Herman van Bon Photography

  October 28, 2021

  Elim, Herman van Bon Photography, Overberg, village

  good morning, south africa

• Once upon a time in Elim

  Elim is a Moravian Village in the heart of the Overberg in the Western Cape, South Africa; 150 kilometers East of Cape Town as the crow flies. The village is widely known as the place where the best tatchers of South Africa come from; these skilled craftsmen have left their marks in the large part…

  Herman van Bon Photography

  August 23, 2021

  Elim, Herman van Bon Photography, Overberg, photography, South Africa, travel, village

  Moravian Church, tatchers