Watch: This amazing Igloo was built during snowfall in Western Cape

With snowfall last week in several parts of South African many eager snow-seeking South Africans went looking for places where they could see fluffy white snow.

For Wilroux and his sister Lenchen-Marié Ackermann this was an opportunity to build an igloo.

They built this amazing igloo at the top of the Perdekop hiking trail at Mont Rochelle Nature Reserve on the Franschhoek Pass using a tin lunch box to make the blocks.

Wilroux said the whole trip took them about 10 hours, including the walk and the building.

“It was snowing all over, so we decided to head to the Mont Rochelle Nature reserve.”

He said he and a friend had built an igloo last year, so he and his sister decided to make a better one.

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“It took us long to build the igloo as we had to use the snow, which only formed a thin layer on the ground.”

Wilroux said he was amazed at the reaction on social media about the igloo.

“I am glad people enjoyed looking at the photos of our igloo.”

They didn’t complete the igloo because they didn’t want to come down in the dark.

Millions of South Africans across the country felt the biting chill of winter, making its presence felt, from Gauteng to Kimberley in the Northern Cape, where it snowed on Thursday, 22 July.

The Eastern Cape was hit hardest by the blizzard-like conditions. The passes of Penhoek on the N6, Lootsberg on the N9, and Wapadsberg on the R61 were all shut off on Thursday morning.

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On Monday the South African Weather Service (SAWS) issued another warning for the Western Cape and the Northern Cape and this time, wind speeds that are set to reach 85km/h ahead of a cold front.

The weather service said a cold front is expected to pass over the Western Cape on Tuesday. Seems the southern province just can’t escape multiple weather warnings around this time of the year.