Category: Towns

  • okiep 3

    June 24, 2013
    Okiep was once the centre of the South African copper mining industry.
  • oranje 1

    June 24, 2013
    A small but earnest group of separate-State Afrikaners live in the town of Orania.
  • pearston

    June 26, 2013
    Pearston is a small Karoo Heartland town with a rich farming heritage.
  • June 4, 2013
    The elegant, sandy-toned Pella Cathedral still stands as a tribute to the men of the order of St Francis de…
  • philippolis

    May 28, 2013
    Philippolis is a Free State gem, the kind of town you visit once and decide to live in for the…
  • June 4, 2013
    Once you develop your ‘Karoo Eyes’, a way of visually sifting beauty out of apparent desolation, then Philipstown in the…
  • pofadder4

    June 25, 2013
    In spring, the Pofadder region becomes the ‘front door’ of Namaqualand’s northern reaches.
  • June 4, 2013
    Port Nolloth, near the mouth of the Gariep River, built its fame on the once-fabulous store of diamonds that came…
  • June 25, 2013
    Prieska got its name from 'Prieskab', the Koranna word for 'The Place of the Lost Goat'.
  • Prince Albert

    May 21, 2013
    Prince Albert is one of the most stylish destinations in the Karoo - and a great venue for a summer…