Craigmore

The steep and remote hills around these towns hold some of the best preserved and most interesting rock paintings in South Africa and the area is steeped in San history. This area was one of the last places that San rock art was made and it was one of the last places that San people existed as autonomous and independent entities. The local legend that the mountain is named Prentjiesberg (Picture Mountain) after all the rock art sites found there is incorrect, and the mountain is probably named after Jan Apryntje, a raider, possibly of Khoe and San descent, who frequented this area.