Rooiels (also spelled Rooi-Els or Rooi Els) is a settlement in Overberg District Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa.

[2] It is situated beside the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve and is itself a registered conservancy.

[3] The town roads are narrow, un-tarred and without street lights.

Klein-Hangklip mountain dominates the village, and is home to a pair of Verreaux's eagles.

Other animals that may be noted are chacma baboons, rock hyrax, small antelope, African clawless otters and occasionally caracal and leopard.