The Somerset East War Memorial (also called the Delville Wood Memorial) is ...

The Dutch Reformed Church in Aberdeen was constructed in two stages. The ...

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

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

The Union Monument is located on the top of Magazine Hill. The ...

Tafelberg is one of the best known landmarks in the Middelburg district. ...

The construction for the cement Road (R329) between Willowmore and Steytlerville commenced ...

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

The Great Fish River that runs past Cookhouse formed the eastern boundary ...

The Gariep Dam is the biggest dam in South Africa. The dam ...

One of the Karoo’s most obscure tourism attractions is 150 metres underground, ...

Dr William Gill was appointed District Surgeon of the newly founded town ...

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

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

Tarkastad Freemasons Lodge This little stone building next to the Presbyterian Church ...

The St Andrews Anglican Church in Pearston was built in 1907 and ...

Permanent settlement in the district began in 1778. The Van der Walt ...

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

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

Oviston is a little town, 10 km from Venterstad, on the southern ...

The Tarkastad War Memorial was erected after the first World War with ...

Andreas Gotlieb Schoombee (born 1741) moved to the Cape from Konningsdal in ...

Imagine being back in the 1840s. Clanking wagons roll through the river ...

This Church was built by the local community in 1958, as a ...

Graaff Reinet’s first recorded church was in Church Street. Building of a ...

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

Willowmore has a number of historic buildings, churches and monuments in addition ...

The first Dutch farmers settled in the Tarkastad district in 1795 and ...

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

Tarkastad isn’t a big town with many monuments even though there is ...

The Dutch Reformed Church Middelburg-Karoo is the result of the merger on ...

What is a drostdy? It is the office or residence of a ...

Middelburg Old Cemetery The cemetery lies at the junction of Van Reenen ...

Somerset East lies below the Boschberg mountain which is anything but typical ...

The St Lawrence Anglican Church situated at Tafelberg Station near Middelburg was ...

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

Legend has it that the early settlers in the area saw a ...

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

Marette se Bankie is a viewpoint overlooking the village of Nieu-Bethesda at ...

The town of Rietbron has its origins in a patch of reeds ...

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

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

Aberdeen’s cemetery is a true resting place. Well kept and shaded by ...

The Dassiedeur Tunnel, built in 1879, is an old disused 271-meter railway ...

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

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

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

Steytlerville has a number of historic buildings, churches and monuments in addition ...

The farm Waterford was owned by two Irish Immigrant brothers, John and ...

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

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

Trim Park in Cradock has several memorials and a historic building that ...

There are many stories – some sad, some wondrous, others downright weird ...

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

The old Gunpowder Magazine was constructed on the crest of a barren ...

The steel Lady De Waal Bridge outside Steytlerville was built in 1911/12 ...

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

Glen Thorn lies about 26 kilometres north of Adelaide, on the left ...

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

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

The Bruintjieshoogte Pass lies on the R63 road about halfway between Pearston ...

Somerset East is rich in history and in addition to the monuments ...

Take a walk around the Nieu-Bethesda cemetery and see graves both ancient ...

Rising 61 meters high, the Draaikrans rock formation is a remarkable geological ...

The Mayor’s Garden can be found on the corner of Meintjies Street ...

The hamlet of Vondeling consists of scattered homesteads that house 29 families alongside ...

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

Throughout the Karoo, it’s common to see flat-topped hills called Karoo Koppies ...

Located in the Camdeboo National Park outside Graaff Reinet, the Valley of ...

For the best panoramic view of the whole of Cradock you have ...

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

The Adelaide War Memorial stands next to the town hall