Until recently the recording of rock art solely concentrated on the documentation of the painted heritage, however, the need to visualise the rock art localities in their environmental context has often been ignored. At least partly this neglect was due to the non-availability of sophisticated and affordable recording equipment. The advent of digital devices, such as photo- and video cameras, made fast and inexpensive means of documentation accessible for archaeologists. We think archaeologists today should have scientific and educational objectives. We utilized the digital image processing software QTVR® successfully to virtually recreate the landscape in which the rock art sites are embedded, in a way that a user is able to explore environment and painted heritage of the Cederberg. This lecture informs about the requirements in regards of time consumption, field equipment, as well as demonstrates exemplary the potential of this technology for archaeologists.