Category: Towns

  • June 4, 2013
    Carnarvon is in the land of the corbelled house, the open horizon, the black-faced Dorper sheep, the wind pump and…
  • June 7, 2013
    The rocky hills around Colesberg have seen a lot of action in millennia gone by.
  • May 22, 2013
    The Karoo Midlands centre of Cradock lies on the Great Fish River and is the meeting place for farmers, travellers,…
  • de aar

    June 17, 2013
    De Aar once lay at the crossroads of travel in South Africa and held the second biggest railway junction in…
  • June 5, 2013
    The Little Karoo village of De Rust lies in the crook of a bend in the road somewhere between the…
  • June 18, 2013
    The Richtersveld village of Eksteenfontein is where you want to bring your travelling soul.
  • fauresmith

    June 6, 2013
    There are few towns in this world that are bisected by a railway line – Fauresmith in the southern Free…
  • June 4, 2013
    Fraserburg, a little-known farmer’s town in the Northern Cape, actually punches well above its weight when it comes to local…
  • June 4, 2013
    There’s nothing quite like dipping your toes in the waters of Lake Gariep while sipping a sundowner – unless it’s…
  • May 29, 2013
    Graaff-Reinet is the Karoo’s premier heritage town and the fourth-oldest settlement in South Africa.