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

Nieu Bethesda has a working network of leivore, or water farrows, with ...

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

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

The Dutch Reformed Church in Roetbron was built in 1910. At that ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Sir Frederic Bridge (also called Jubileum Bridge) creates a quick shortcut ...

  The history of Grootfontein dates back to the 1790s, when Klaas ...

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

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

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

The 20 biblical panels in the hall of the Aberdeen Dutch Reformed ...

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

THIS PAGE IS STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS Cradock has a number ...

During SA’s golden century of rail travel, Klipplaat was a major junction. ...

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

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

There is a legend that the place was named after British settlers ...

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

In 2003 flags were erected on the main street depicting the Family ...

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

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

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

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

Venterstad was founded on 24 February 1874 and was originally named Ventersburg ...

The Gereformeerde Kerk is located next to the Methodist Church on the ...

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

There’s a very interesting spot near Kendrew. It is the Kalkkop (“lime ...

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

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

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

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

The whole saga around Slagtersnek started with a man named Freek Bezuidenhout, ...

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

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

The old watermill in Nieu-Bethesda was erected in 1860 by Mr B.J. ...

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

P.W.F. Weyer, a former hawker, who lost cattle in an attack by ...

Pieter Willem van Heerden was born on 27 August 1859 and married ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

About 17km south of Jansenville stands a couple of gnomes surveying the ...

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

The Hennie Steyn Bridge, spanning the Orange River between Venterstad and Bethulie ...

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

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

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

The iconic “Rooi Bruggie” in Willowmore was erected as a pedestrian bridge ...

The Renosterberg at Dwarsvlei is one of the major landmarks between Middelburg ...

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

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

An influx of soldiers, farmers and their workers to the Graaff-Reinet district ...

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

The Gregg Price Art Gallery in Nieu-Bethesda was opened in December 2018. ...

Trim Park, Cradock’s municipal park, was established in 1881 on the banks ...

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

The rich legacy of the Schoombee family lies deep in the whole ...

The Dutch Reformed Church in Jansenville is unusual in that the bell ...