Find your slice of wild across the golden plains of the Karoo Heartland. Discover worlds within worlds of wildlife thundering, swooping, running free across vast national parks and game reserves. Cycle the silent back roads of the Karoo, climb to towering heights with sweeping views, paddle the ancient Fish River. Immerse yourself in the sights, sounds and tastes of our beautiful region, its history, art and culture.
Experience the Karoo Heartland
The Graaff-Reinet Museum or “Reinet House”, formerly a Dutch Reformed Church parsonage, ...
The farm Waterford was owned by two Irish Immigrant brothers, John and ...
The following hikes are available to guests staying at Glen Avon Farm ...
Littered with low-lying mountains, expansive grassland views and horizons that burst into ...
The construction for the cement Road (R329) between Willowmore and Steytlerville commenced ...
The Nieu-Bethesda Camino is a 100km circular route that offers unique and varied views of the Karoo ...
NB: No booking necessary as the trails are open during the normal ...
The Glen Lynden Churches are located in the Baviaans River valley north ...
Middelburg Old Cemetery The cemetery lies at the junction of Van Reenen ...
The Somerset East Dutch Reformed Church is the fourth oldest congregation of ...
Oviston is a little town, 10 km from Venterstad, on the southern ...
The St Lawrence Anglican Church situated at Tafelberg Station near Middelburg was ...
Graaff-Reinet is one of South Africa’s oldest towns and boasts approximately 220 ...
Glen Harry Game Reserve, outside Graaff-Reinet, offers an exclusive African wilderness experience, ...
The Beauty Zone is the Health, Beauty and Wellness Centre situated at ...
During the last 1800s, British soldiers created a chessboard on the top ...
The Cradock Four were a group of four anti-apartheid activists who were abducted ...
Approximately 12 km from Willowmore, the “Wonderboom” or “Wonder Tree” is found. ...
The area around Nieu Bethesda is good for either a leisurely ride ...
What is a drostdy? It is the office or residence of a ...
Venterstad was laid out in 1875 and attained municipal status in 1895. ...
Olive Schreiner House at 9 Cross Street in Cradock is one of the houses in ...
The Somerset East War Memorial (also called the Delville Wood Memorial) is ...
JK Rowling, creator of the billion-dollar boarding school fantasy series, is famous ...
The Dutch Reformed Church in Aberdeen was constructed in two stages. The ...
The Valley Of The Flags is located on the R329 outside Steytlerville. ...
The St Andrews Anglican Church in Pearston was built in 1907 and ...
Nieu Bethesda has a working network of furrows, with water supplied daily ...
The Hennie Steyn Bridge, spanning the Orange River between Venterstad and Bethulie ...
The Cradock cemetery is probably one of the most interesting ones around. ...
Koedoeskloof The Koedoeskloof 4×4 Trail provides a 7-kilometre drive to the top ...
The Dutch Reformed Church Middelburg-Karoo is the result of the merger on ...
The Camdeboo National Park is a 19000ha gem in the Karoo Heartland ...
Take a walk around the Nieu-Bethesda cemetery and see graves both ancient ...
The Compassberg (2502m) is the highest peak in the Sneeuberg range and ...
The Great Fish River that runs past Cookhouse formed the eastern boundary ...
The Somerset East parkrun has become a popular outdoor activity for both ...
The Dutch Reformed Church in Roetbron was built in 1910. At that ...
The church was completed in 1862, for the astronomical amount at the ...
While limited privately sponsored library facilities were available in Graaff-Reinet from about ...
In 2003 flags were erected on the main street depicting the Family ...
Wild Fly Fishing in the Karoo has secured exclusive access to several ...
Spandaukop is located right next to the Valley of Desolation and guards ...
Located in the Camdeboo National Park outside Graaff Reinet, the Valley of ...
The first Dutch farmers settled in the Tarkastad district in 1795 and ...
Andreas Gotlieb Schombe moved to the Cape from Konigsberg in Denmark. in 1765. ...
The village of Rosmead near Middelburg wouldn’t exist if it wasn’t for ...
The town of Steynsburg developed around the Reformed Church which was established ...
The first owner of Bulhoek was Douw Gerbrand Steyn, born in 1777 ...
For the best panoramic view of the whole of Cradock you have ...
Karoo360 is a tour operator based in Graaff-Reinet that offers unique local ...
Pieter Willem van Heerden was born on 27 August 1859 and married ...
The Sir Frederic Bridge (also called Jubileum Bridge) dates back to 22 ...
Rising 61 meters high, the Draaikrans rock formation is a remarkable geological ...
Throughout the Karoo, it’s common to see flat-topped hills called Karoo Koppies ...
Right in the north of the Karoo Heartland on the border between ...
As you enter Steytlerville there is an Open Air Museum to your ...
The Dutch Reformed Church in Jansenville is unusual in that the bell ...
The Old Blackstone Power Station, which supplied the town with power until ...
Deep in the Karoo Heartland – along a dirt road and, seemingly, in the ...
The Afrikaanse Christelike Vroue Vereeniging hall – ACVV – (Afrikaans Christian Women’s ...
Middleton is located near Cookhouse and was first established in 1879 as ...
Glen Harry Game Reserve, outside Graaff-Reinet, offers an exclusive African wilderness experience, ...
The Groot Kerk is one of Graaff-Reinet’s best-known landmarks, but the town ...
Trim Park in Cradock has several memorials and a historic building that ...
Join Karoo360 in hiking to the three highest peaks in the Sneeuberg ...
There’s a very interesting spot near Kendrew. It is Kalkkop (“lime hill”) ...
P.W.F. Weyers, a former hawker, who lost cattle in an attack by ...
Built in 1840, of plastered sandstone, this Presbyterian church is the oldest ...
This Church was built by the local community in 1958, as a ...
The former Residency, situated diagonally opposite Reinet House at the end of ...
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