Villiersdorp is a town of approximately 10,000 people located in the Western Cape province of South Africa in the Overberg region.

Unlike most of the geographical region which specialises in wheat and canola farming, the Villiersdorp Valley is now agriculturally and in micro-climate more similar to the Elgin Valley and Grabouw since the building of the Theewaterskloof Dam, and thus also specialises in deciduous fruit farming and viticulture. The Theewaterskloof Dam, the largest dam in the Western Cape and seventh largest in South Africa and important water supply to Cape Town fills the majority of the valley floor. The Villiersdorp Co-Op is also the only place in South Africa that processes and dries persimmons. The three big packsheds in Villiersdorp, Betko, Arbeidsvreugd and Ideafruit, as well as the Villiersdorp Co-Op process the fruit grown in the area for export and transport to other parts of South Africa. The town is named after Field Cornet Pieter de Villiers, a local farmer who founded the settlement in 1843.

Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African        40.3%
• Coloured        44.7%
• Indian/Asian        0.2%
• White                      12.5%
• Other            2.3%
First languages (2011)
• Afrikaans        56.5%
• Xhosa                      24.6%
• Sotho                      12.8%
• English              3.4%
• Other                       2.7%

Hello there Droffarc. Good day and thank you for sharing these information and this wonderful video with us. Nice flying and have a nice day. .

DJI Stephen Posted at 5-11 00:27
Hello there Droffarc. Good day and thank you for sharing these information and this wonderful video with us. Nice flying and have a nice day.  .

Any time Stephen

Very nicely done Droffarc.    Good read you provided on that location.  

Nice observation.

DowntownRDB Posted at 5-11 02:40
Very nicely done Droffarc.    Good read you provided on that location.

Thank you Downtown

Blériot53 Posted at 5-11 05:13
Nice observation.

Thanks Mr B

Droffarc Posted at 5-11 05:48
Thanks Mr B

Droffarc Posted at 5-11 05:48
Thank you Downtown

You're very welcome Droffarc.  

lovely smooth flight Droffrarc,  I see the birds are not scared of ghosts.  

DAFlys Posted at 5-11 23:36
lovely smooth flight Droffrarc,  I see the birds are not scared of ghosts.

That's spooky! Maybe they are the ghosts

Droffarc Posted at 5-12 01:18
That's spooky! Maybe they are the ghosts

They can certainly be a hazard at times

Droffarc Posted at 5-11 01:38
Any time Stephen

Hi there Droffarc. You are very much welcome and thank you for the reply. Have a safe and a happy flying always. .

That sure is a catchy name for a thread, and made for an interesting video too. You don't see something like that that often. :-)

HGDC84 Posted at 5-15 11:02
That sure is a catchy name for a thread, and made for an interesting video too. You don't see something like that that often. :-)

Nice to see!

Montfrooij Posted at 5-23 23:01
Nice to see!

Glad you like it

Droffarc Posted at 5-25 01:58
Glad you like it

My pleasure!

Very nice!

Dominik__W Posted at 7-13 09:01
Very nice!

Thank you Dominik

Droffarc Posted at 7-14 06:49
Thank you Dominik

No problem