In the Karoo Heartland, you’ll find pieces of history alongside modern conveniences, golden light and good stories, amazing people and ancient fossils. In every Karoo town (and the roads in between), there are hundred of stories to be heard and sights to be seen with wonderfully welcoming hosts to guide you on your journey of discovery.
Sightseeing in the Karoo Heartland
Approximately 12 km from Willowmore, the “Wonderboom” or “Wonder Tree” is found. ...
Throughout the Karoo, it’s common to see flat-topped hills called Karoo Koppies ...
Dr William Gill was appointed District Surgeon of the newly founded town ...
In 1875, a commission appointed by the Graaff-Reinet Dutch Reformed Church, purchased ...
Somerset East lies below the Boschberg mountain which is anything but typical ...
The Glen Lynden Churches are located in the Baviaans River valley north ...
There’s a very interesting spot near Kendrew. It is the Kalkkop (“lime ...
The iconic “Rooi Bruggie” in Willowmore was erected as a pedestrian bridge ...
The town of Steynsburg developed around the Reformed Church which was established ...
Glen Thorn lies about 26 kilometres north of Adelaide, on the left ...
The steel Lady De Waal Bridge outside Steytlerville was built in 1911/12 ...
The Dutch Reformed Church in Aberdeen was constructed in two stages. The ...
The Roodewal historic site next to the N10 near Cookhouse doesn’t just ...
Take a walk around the Nieu-Bethesda cemetery and see graves both ancient ...
Nieu Bethesda has a working network of furrows, with water supplied daily ...
One of the Karoo’s most obscure tourism attractions is 150 metres underground, ...
Marette se Bankie is a viewpoint overlooking the village of Nieu-Bethesda at ...
This lovely pass with its sweeping curves around the buttresses of the ...
There are many stories – some sad, some wondrous, others downright weird ...
The St Lawrence Anglican Church situated at Tafelberg Station near Middelburg was ...
The Groot Kerk is one of Graaff-Reinet’s best-known landmarks, but the town ...
The Dutch Reformed Church Middelburg-Karoo is the result of the merger on ...
Rising 61 meters high, the Draaikrans rock formation is a remarkable geological ...
In 2003 flags were erected on the main street depicting the Family ...
Middelburg Old Cemetery The cemetery lies at the junction of Van Reenen ...
The Mayor’s Garden can be found on the corner of Meintjies Street ...
The Sir Frederic Bridge (also called Jubileum Bridge) dates back to 22 ...
The Bruintjieshoogte Pass lies on the R63 road about halfway between Pearston ...
The Pearston Dutch Reformed Church in the village of Pearston near Somerset ...
The first Dutch Reformed congregation (and also the first church) in Cradock ...
This Church was built by the local community in 1958, as a ...
Located in the Camdeboo National Park outside Graaff Reinet, the Valley of ...
Permanent settlement in the district began in 1778. The Van der Walt ...
The Somerset East Dutch Reformed Church is the fourth oldest congregation of ...
The hamlet of Vondeling consists of scattered homesteads that house 29 families alongside ...
The Mill House (Smidstraat) The mill originally belonged to the Dutch Reformed ...
During SA’s golden century of rail travel, Klipplaat was a major junction. ...
Arguably the oldest church in Cradock and definitely the oldest church building ...
The old watermill in Nieu-Bethesda was erected in 1860 by Mr B.J. ...
The Valley Of The Flags is located on the R329 outside Steytlerville. ...
Andreas Gotlieb Schoombee (born 1741) moved to the Cape from Konningsdal in ...
Imagine being back in the 1840s. Clanking wagons roll through the river ...
The St Andrews Anglican Church in Pearston was built in 1907 and ...
About 17km south of Jansenville stands a couple of gnomes surveying the ...
Bishop Gray’s fIrst visit to Cradock was in 1848. After a brief ...
Right in the north of the Karoo Heartland on the border between ...
The Hennie Steyn Bridge, spanning the Orange River between Venterstad and Bethulie ...
The small Karoo town of Hofmeyr is located about 63km northeast of ...
The construction for the cement Road (R329) between Willowmore and Steytlerville commenced ...
Outside Steynsburg are two very well know Karoo landmarks. Koffiebus and Teebus, ...
The history of Grootfontein dates back to the 1790s, when Klaas van ...
Jansenville’s Museum, better known as the Sid Fourie House, stands on Brug ...
On 26 June 1902 the foundation stone of the new Town Hall ...
The hamlet of Mount Stewart is located on a crossroads between Steytlerville ...
The Somerset East War Memorial (also called the Delville Wood Memorial) is ...
The Cradock cemetery is probably one of the most interesting ones around. ...
Somerset East is rich in history and in addition to the monuments ...
Austin Roberts’ The Birds of South Africa was first published in 1940 ...
For the best panoramic view of the whole of Cradock you have ...
Motorists traveling along the N9 from the interior via Graaff Reinet and ...
Modderfontein is located about 23km outside of Tarkastad. It was here that ...
Aberdeen’s cemetery is a true resting place. Well kept and shaded by ...
The Dutch Reformed Church in Jansenville is unusual in that the bell ...
Near the roadside between Aberdeen and Graaff-Reinet, in the middle of the ...
The Gereformeerde Kerk is located next to the Methodist Church on the ...
Trim Park in Cradock has several memorials and a historic building that ...
Steytlerville has a number of historic buildings, churches and monuments in addition ...
The old Gunpowder Magazine was constructed on the crest of a barren ...
The first Dutch farmers settled in the Tarkastad district in 1795 and ...
Behind the Reinet House Museum in Graaff-Reinet, visitors will find a Black ...
The Dassiedeur Tunnel, built in 1879, is an old disused 271-meter railway ...
The Gregg Price Art Gallery in Nieu-Bethesda was opened in December 2018. ...