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
The Old Blackstone Power Station
The Old Blackstone Power Station, which supplied the town with power until ...
Willowmore and Steytlerville Monuments
Both Willowmore and Steytlerville have a number of historic buildings, churches and ...
Graaff-Reinet Town Hall and War Memorial
On 26 June 1902 the foundation stone of the new Town Hall ...
Nieu-Bethesda Labyrinth
The Gregg Price Art Gallery in Nieu-Bethesda was opened in December 2018. ...
Graaff-Reinet monuments
Graaff-Reinet is one of South Africa’s oldest towns and boasts approximately 220 ...
Walking Tour of Old Cradock
The museum offers a literary and /or a historical walking tour of Old Cradock. The ...
Steytlerville to Willowmore cement road
The construction for the cement Road (R329) between Willowmore and Steytlerville commenced ...
Jacob’s Donkey Cart Tours
Gather a different perspective of Nieu-Bethesda village life. Jakob van Staden has ...
Steytlerville Open Air Museum and Family Crests
As you enter Steytlerville you will witness family crests along Piet Retief ...
Graaff-Reinet churches
The Groot Kerk is one of Graaff-Reinet’s best-known landmarks, but the town ...
Sid Fourie Historical House Museum
Jansenville’s Museum, better known as the Sid Fourie House, stands on Brug ...
Somerset East Dutch reformed Church
The Somerset East Dutch Reformed Church is the fourth oldest congregation of ...
Glen Avon Waterfall
Somerset East lies below the Boschberg mountain which is anything but typical ...
Steynsburg Dutch Reformed Church
The town of Steynsburg developed around the Reformed Church which was established ...
Grootfontein College of Agriculture
The history of Grootfontein dates back to 1781 when a certain Hendrik ...
Stone Folk of Ongeluksloot
The Stone Folk is a new permanent outdoor installation of stone figures ...
Nieu-Bethesda Dutch Reformed Church
In 1875, a commission appointed by the Graaff-Reinet Dutch Reformed Church, purchased ...
Koffiebus and Teebus
Outside Steynsburg are two very well know Karoo landmarks. Koffiebus and Teebus, ...
Jansenville Townhall and War Memorial
In 1853 Petrus Fourie arranged for the layout and survey of about ...
Graaff-Reinet’s Black Acorn Grapevine
Behind the Reinet House Museum in Graaff-Reinet, visitors will find a Black ...
Harry Potter Grave
JK Rowling, creator of the billion-dollar boarding school fantasy series, is famous ...
Jansenville Dutch Reformed Church
The Dutch Reformed Church in Jansenville is unusual in that the bell ...
Cradock Mother Church
The first Dutch Reformed congregation (and also the first church) in Cradock ...
Olive Schreiner Sarcophagus
Olive Schreiner (1855-1920), was a political activist, feminist and author of the world-renowned ...
Nieu-Bethesda water furrows
Nieu Bethesda has a working network of furrows, with water supplied daily ...
Delville Wood War Memorial
The Somerset East War Memorial (also called the Delville Wood Memorial) is ...
Die Tuishuise & Victoria Manor
Welcome to Die Tuishuise & Victoria Manor, award winning, authentic South African ...
Guided Hiking – Ganora Guest Farm
Ganora Fossil Walk After a visit to the fossil museum, visitors are ...
Aberdeen Dutch Reformed Church
The Dutch Reformed Church in Aberdeen was constructed in two stages. The ...
Steytlerville Pegasus Early Motoring Museum
Tucked away behind the Verandah Coffee Shop where ladies might lunch on ...
Middleton All Saints Church
The village of Middleton near Cookhouse was first established in 1850 as ...
The Grave of Reginald Koettlitz
The Cradock cemetery is probably one of the most interesting ones around. ...
Reinet House Museum
The Graaff-Reinet Museum or “Reinet House”, formerly a Dutch Reformed Church parsonage, ...
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