Waterfall in Theekloof. 

When Fraserburg was first established, there were only three roads leading down from the plateau. These were Oukloof Pass in the direction of Beaufort West; Komsberg Pass to the Little Roggeveld, and the Posje Pass which, according to tradition, followed the post coach route to Aberdeen. The road to Amandelboom was built in 1874. Theekloof was surveyed by Thomas Bain in 1879.
The name Theekloof is derived from the tea which was made from mistletoe
(Viscum rotundifolium ) growing on the Karee trees in the kloof. Again according to tradition, a bridegroom on his way to his wedding in Oudtshoorn, and driving a coach and four, pitched headlong down the kloof during a cloudburst when the horses shied at the mass of water in front of them. 

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