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WATCH: Snow transforms Cape mountains into winter wonderland

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Snow near Calvinia on Monday 2 July 2018. Picture: Alfred Thorpe/Supplied
Snow near Calvinia on Monday 2 July 2018. Picture: Alfred Thorpe/Supplied

A cold front has brought freezing temperatures to parts of the Western Cape, carpeting high-lying areas with a thick blanket of snow in the early hours of Monday morning.

The Snow Report SA team travelled to the Matroosberg Private Nature Reserve near Ceres to capture the flurries that settled into an estimated 10cm overnight. Watch. 

READ: Thousands affected by heavy rain, while some roads snowed over

PICS: Snow and rain in western parts of SA 


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