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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 Beauty Zone, established in 2007, is the Health, Beauty and Wellness ...

The PW Vorster Museum at the Grootfontein Agricultural Institute is housed in ...

The Mohair Experience Museum was built next to the Jansenville Museum (Sid ...

Behind the Reinet House Museum in Graaff-Reinet, visitors will find a Black ...

The Eastern Cape town of Bedford is famous for its annual Garden ...

Jansenville’s Museum, better known as the Sid Fourie House, stands on Brug ...

The Angler & Antelope is nestled in the heart of Somerset East, ...

The Valley Of The Flags is located on the R329 outside Steytlerville. ...

On Ganora Guestfarm there is a wide range of landscapes to hike. ...

Back in the early 1800s this area was the eastern border of ...

The Roodewal historic site next to the N10 near Cookhouse doesn’t just ...

Wild Fly Fishing in the Karoo has secured exclusive access to several ...

Transkaroo Adventures offer a 3-day hike: Day 1 (12km), day 2 (19km) ...

At Hello Healthi we offer a holistic personalized path to your optimal ...

During the last 1800s, British soldiers created a chessboard on the top ...

We have 30km of single track trails running through the indigenous forest ...

Both Willowmore and Steytlerville have a number of historic buildings, churches and ...

The first Dutch Reformed congregation (and also the first church) in Cradock ...

4×4 Trails for both vehicles and motorcycles: follow us along some of the ...

The Groot Kerk is one of Graaff-Reinet’s best-known landmarks, but the town ...

Prepare to be awed by our Big Sky Karoo on display at ...

The village of Rosmead near Middelburg wouldn’t exist if it wasn’t for ...

The small Karoo town of Hofmeyr is located about 63km northeast of ...

Karoo360, powered by Toerboer is a tour operator based in Graaff-Reinet that, ...

The foundation stone for this building was laid on 24 April 1821 ...

The Museum Association was founded in 1983 with the prospect of establishing ...

The Glen Lynden Churches are located in the Baviaans River valley north ...

Deep in the Karoo Heartland – along a dirt road and, seemingly, in the ...

The Graaff-Reinet Museum or “Reinet House”, formerly a Dutch Reformed Church parsonage, ...

Motorists traveling along the N9 from the interior via Graaff Reinet and ...

Tucked away behind the Verandah Coffee Shop where ladies might lunch on ...

Near the roadside between Aberdeen and Graaff-Reinet, in the middle of the ...

Outside Steynsburg are two very well know Karoo landmarks. Koffiebus and Teebus, ...

The museum offers a literary and /or a historical walking tour of Old Cradock.  The ...

The Compassberg (2502m) is the highest peak in the Sneeuberg range and ...

The Military History Museum is the most recent addition to the Graaff-Reinet ...

Soon after the first shots were fired between the Boers and the ...

While limited privately sponsored library facilities were available in Graaff-Reinet from about ...

The village of Pearston is situated in the shadow of the Coetzeesberge ...

The town of Steynsburg developed around the Reformed Church which was established ...

Walter Battiss was a master of oil painting and is still considered ...

Art

Right in the north of the Karoo Heartland on the border between ...

This listing contains excerpts from The Art of Nieu-Bethesda by Chris Marais and Julienne ...

Art

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 ...

There is something very special about staying at Glen Avon. It’s a ...

Middleton is located near Cookhouse and was first established in 1879 as ...

Located 15km North-East of Pearston, the Buffelshoek pass is 3.9km long, and ...

JK Rowling, creator of the billion-dollar boarding school fantasy series, is famous ...

The history of Grootfontein dates back to 1781 when a certain Hendrik ...

Koedoeskloof The Koedoeskloof 4×4 Trail provides a 7-kilometre drive to the top ...

In 1853 Petrus Fourie arranged for the layout and survey of about ...

The Cradock cemetery is probably one of the most interesting ones around. ...

As you enter Steytlerville you will witness family crests along Piet Retief ...

Based in the heart of the Eastern Cape Karoo, we offer a ...

The Somerset East Museum is nestled at the foot of the Boschberg ...

Graaff-Reinet is one of South Africa’s oldest towns and boasts approximately 220 ...

On 4 September 1901, during the South African War, the famed British ...

The Swaershoek Pass is an alternative road between Cradock and Somerset East ...

Welcome to Die Tuishuise & Victoria Manor, award winning, authentic South African ...

The Old Blackstone Power Station, which supplied the town with power until ...

In 1875, a commission appointed by the Graaff-Reinet Dutch Reformed Church, purchased ...

Austin Roberts’ The Birds of South Africa was first published in 1940 ...

Valley of Desolation – a geological phenomenon that is situated in the Camdeboo ...

The Somerset East Dutch Reformed Church is the fourth oldest congregation of ...

Ganora Guest Farm is a sheep farm situated just outside Nieu Bethesda in the ...

Empowering you to take charge of your health and life purpose through ...

Gather a different perspective of Nieu-Bethesda village life. Jakob van Staden has ...

Nieu Bethesda has a working network of furrows, with water supplied daily ...

Somerset East parkrun takes place every Saturday at 8:00am. Every week we ...

The hamlet of Mount Stewart is located on a crossroads between Steytlerville ...

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