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.
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The iconic “Rooi Bruggie” in Willowmore was erected as a pedestrian bridge ...
The Mayor’s Garden can be found on the corner of Meintjies Street ...
On 26 June 1902 the foundation stone of the new Town Hall ...
On 4 September 1901, during the South African War, the famed British ...
The small Karoo town of Hofmeyr is located about 63km northeast of ...
There are many stories – some sad, some wondrous, others downright weird ...
The town of Steynsburg developed around the Reformed Church which was established ...
Glen Harry Game Reserve, outside Graaff-Reinet, offers an exclusive African wilderness experience, ...
The construction for the cement Road (R329) between Willowmore and Steytlerville commenced ...
The St Lawrence Anglican Church situated at Tafelberg Station near Middelburg was ...
The first Dutch Reformed congregation (and also the first church) in Cradock ...
Bishop Robert Gray’s (the first Anglican Bishop of the Cape of Good ...
Nieu Bethesda has a working network of furrows, with water supplied daily ...
Ganora Guest Farm is a sheep farm situated just outside Nieu Bethesda in the ...
Steytlerville has a number of historic buildings, churches and monuments in addition ...
Wild Fly Fishing in the Karoo has secured exclusive access to several ...
While the discussions about the founding of the Tarkastad DR Church congregation ...
Andreas Gotlieb Schoombee (born 1741) moved to the Cape from Konningsdal in ...
The Afrikaanse Christelike Vroue Vereeniging hall – ACVV – (Afrikaans Christian Women’s ...
Jansenville’s Museum, better known as the Sid Fourie House, stands on Brug ...
Dr William Gill was appointed District Surgeon of the newly founded town ...
The Bruintjieshoogte Pass lies on the R63 road about halfway between Pearston ...
The PW Vorster Museum at the Grootfontein Agricultural Institute is housed in ...
The Museum Association was founded in 1983 with the prospect of establishing ...
Pieter Willem van Heerden was born on 27 August 1859 and married ...
Trim Park, Cradock’s municipal park, was established in 1881 on the banks ...
Somerset East parkrun takes place every Saturday at 8:00am. Follow them on ...
Samara Karoo Reserve offers an unforgettable safari experience for discerning travelers. Set ...
The steel Lady De Waal Bridge outside Steytlerville was built in 1911/12 ...
Tucked away behind the Verandah Coffee Shop, where ladies might lunch on ...
The Nieu-Bethesda Camino is a 100km circular route that offers unique and varied views of the Karoo ...
The Crag Lizard Trail Duration: 45 minutes Difficulty: For all ages Cost: ...
The Mohair Experience Museum was built next to the Jansenville Museum (Sid ...
Arguably the oldest church in Cradock and definitely the oldest church building ...
Venterstad was founded on 24 February 1874 and was originally named Ventersburg ...
The tiny hamlet of Norvalspont sits astride the old main road from ...
The Ouberg Hiking Trail is a 3.1km trail around Ouberg koppie next ...
The 20 biblical panels in the hall of the Aberdeen Dutch Reformed ...
The Gereformeerde Kerk is located next to the Methodist Church on the ...
Rising 61 meters high, the Draaikrans rock formation is a remarkable geological ...
One of the Karoo’s most obscure tourism attractions is 150 metres underground, ...
The Rothschild* name is globally associated with money and wealth, but did ...
The church was completed in 1862, for the astronomical amount at the ...
Located in the Camdeboo National Park outside Graaff Reinet, the Valley of ...
In 1875, a commission appointed by the Graaff-Reinet Dutch Reformed Church, purchased ...
The large erf at the southern extremity of Market Square, on which ...
While limited privately sponsored library facilities were available in Graaff-Reinet from about ...
The cornerstone was laid on 2 August 1879 by ds. Dirk Postma ...
Marette se Bankie is a viewpoint overlooking the village of Nieu-Bethesda at ...
Glen Thorn lies about 26 kilometres north of Adelaide, on the left ...
Hofmeyr has a number of historic buildings, churches and monuments in addition ...
The Pierre Ferreira Hiking Trail takes you through beautiful virgin Karoo veld, ...
Graaff-Reinet has a number of historic buildings and churches in addition to ...
The Wild Fly Fishing in the Karoo Fly Tackle Shop in Somerset ...
The Sir Frederic Bridge (also called Jubileum Bridge) creates a quick shortcut ...
The Dutch Reformed Church in Aberdeen was constructed in two stages. The ...
The Stone Folk is a new permanent outdoor installation of stone figures ...
Throughout the Karoo, it’s common to see flat-topped hills called Karoo Koppies ...
Littered with low-lying mountains, expansive grassland views and horizons that burst into ...
Somerset East lies below the Boschberg mountain which is anything but typical ...
An influx of soldiers, farmers and their workers to the Graaff-Reinet district ...
Bedford has a number of historic buildings, churches and monuments in addition ...
The Cradock cemetery is probably one of the most interesting ones around. ...
The Graaff-Reinet Museum or “Reinet House”, formerly a Dutch Reformed Church parsonage, ...
About 17km south of Jansenville stands a couple of gnomes surveying the ...
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