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eaches and tourism and fishing industry based near the mouth. One of the larger tourism
developments within the catchment is the Uilenkraalsmond Holiday Resort, located at the
estuary mouth, which includes permanent holiday cottages, caravan sites and recreational
amenities.
Land-use
The catchment consists mainly of agricultural areas and an ecological corridor/area, with some
private conservation areas and other statutory conservation areas. Development within the
catchment includes small urbanised areas along the coast and larger areas developed for
agricultural purposes, with agriculture, fruit farming, stock-farming, viticulture and nature
conservation being the main land use activities. Agriculturally based industries dominate in the
Overstrand and include wineries, fruit and fynbos cultivation (Overberg Spatial Development
Framework 2004). The Overstrand Local Municipality lists the Uilkraals River Catchment as an
intensive agricultural resource area (Figure 8).
Urban development accounts for a very small proportion of the catchment land cover. The
major towns in the area, Gansbaai and Stanford, lie adjacent to the Uilkraals catchment. The
largest town within the catchment is Franskraal, which is located at the mouth of the estuary
on the coast.
Figure 8. Intensive agricultural resource areas showing the Uilkraals River Catchment as being one of
the larger agricultural areas in the Overstrand (Source: Overstrand SDF 2009).
Uilkraals Estuary Situation Assessment
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