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
While the discussions about the founding of the Tarkastad DR Church congregation ...
The town of Steynsburg developed around the Reformed Church which was established ...
The tiny hamlet of Norvalspont sits astride the old main road from ...
Marette se Bankie is a viewpoint overlooking the village of Nieu-Bethesda at ...
Tarkastad Freemasons Lodge This little stone building next to the Presbyterian Church ...
The steel Lady De Waal Bridge outside Steytlerville was built in 1911/12 ...
Approximately 12 km from Willowmore, the “Wonderboom” or “Wonder Tree” is found. ...
Located in the Camdeboo National Park outside Graaff Reinet, the Valley of ...
Gather a different perspective of Nieu-Bethesda village life. Jakob van Staden has ...
The first Dutch Reformed congregation (and also the first church) in Cradock ...
Austin Roberts’ The Birds of South Africa was first published in 1940 ...
The Somerset East War Memorial (also called the Delville Wood Memorial) is ...
Throughout the Karoo, it’s common to see flat-topped hills called Karoo Koppies ...
The hamlet of Vondeling consists of scattered homesteads that house 29 families alongside ...
Outside Steynsburg are two very well know Karoo landmarks. Koffiebus and Teebus, ...
Graaff-Reinet is one of South Africa’s oldest towns and boasts approximately 220 ...
Oviston is a little town, 10 km from Venterstad, on the southern ...
The Sir Frederic Bridge (also called Jubileum Bridge) creates a quick shortcut ...
The Roodewal historic site next to the N10 near Cookhouse doesn’t just ...
The Hennie Steyn Bridge, spanning the Orange River between Venterstad and Bethulie ...
In 1853 Petrus Fourie arranged for the layout and survey of about ...
Middleton is located near Cookhouse and was first established in 1879 as ...
Near the roadside between Aberdeen and Graaff-Reinet, in the middle of the ...
Glen Thorn lies about 26 kilometres north of Adelaide, on the left ...
Steytlerville has a number of historic buildings, churches and monuments in addition ...
The construction for the cement Road (R329) between Willowmore and Steytlerville commenced ...
The Rothschild* name is globally associated with money and wealth, but did ...
The iconic “Rooi Bruggie” in Willowmore was erected as a pedestrian bridge ...
The Pearston Dutch Reformed Church in the village of Pearston near Somerset ...
The Glen Lynden Churches are located in the Baviaans River valley north ...
Andreas Gotlieb Schoombee (born 1741) moved to the Cape from Konningsdal in ...
The old watermill in Nieu-Bethesda was erected in 1860 by Mr B.J. ...
The St Andrews Anglican Church in Pearston was built in 1907 and ...
Bishop Robert Gray’s (the first Anglican Bishop of the Cape of Good ...
Dr William Gill was appointed District Surgeon of the newly founded town ...
The Gereformeerde Kerk is located next to the Methodist Church on the ...
Imagine being back in the 1840s. Clanking wagons roll through the river ...
During SA’s golden century of rail travel, Klipplaat was a major junction. ...
The church was completed in 1862, for the astronomical amount at the ...
On 26 June 1902 the foundation stone of the new Town Hall ...
The old Gunpowder Magazine was constructed on the crest of a barren ...
Graaff Reinet’s first recorded church was in Church Street. Building of a ...
About 17km south of Jansenville stands a couple of gnomes surveying the ...
Nieu Bethesda has a working network of furrows, with water supplied daily ...
The Somerset East Dutch Reformed Church is the fourth oldest congregation of ...
The Dassiedeur Tunnel, built in 1879, is an old disused 271-meter railway ...
Somerset East is rich in history and in addition to the monuments ...
One of the Karoo’s most obscure tourism attractions is 150 metres underground, ...
There are many stories – some sad, some wondrous, others downright weird ...
Permanent settlement in the district began in 1778. The Van der Walt ...
The Dutch Reformed Church in Jansenville is unusual in that the bell ...
The Cradock cemetery is probably one of the most interesting ones around. ...
The Mill House (Smidstraat) The mill originally belonged to the Dutch Reformed ...
The hamlet of Mount Stewart is located on a crossroads between Steytlerville ...
Pieter Willem van Heerden was born on 27 August 1859 and married ...
Somerset East lies below the Boschberg mountain which is anything but typical ...
The Groot Kerk is one of Graaff-Reinet’s best-known landmarks, but the town ...
The Bruintjieshoogte Pass lies on the R63 road about halfway between Pearston ...
The Dutch Reformed Church in Roetbron was built in 1910. At that ...
The St Lawrence Anglican Church situated at Tafelberg Station near Middelburg was ...
Modderfontein is located about 23km outside of Tarkastad. It was here that ...
Middelburg Old Cemetery The cemetery lies at the junction of Van Reenen ...
Take a walk around the Nieu-Bethesda cemetery and see graves both ancient ...
This lovely pass with its sweeping curves around the buttresses of the ...
Motorists traveling along the N9 from the interior via Graaff Reinet and ...
Right in the north of the Karoo Heartland on the border between ...
Behind the Reinet House Museum in Graaff-Reinet, visitors will find a Black ...
In 2003 flags were erected on the main street depicting the Family ...
Rising 61 meters high, the Draaikrans rock formation is a remarkable geological ...
Venterstad was founded on 24 February 1874 and was originally named Ventersburg ...
Aberdeen’s cemetery is a true resting place. Well kept and shaded by ...
For the best panoramic view of the whole of Cradock you have ...
The small Karoo town of Hofmeyr is located about 63km northeast of ...