
0860 mi – Tankwa Padstal
Visiting Tankwa Padstal is a unique experience. From a distance you notice a flying saucer halfway buried in the Karoo soil and on closer inspection, more gems come…
Visiting Tankwa Padstal is a unique experience. From a distance you notice a flying saucer halfway buried in the Karoo soil and on closer inspection, more gems come…
Entering the arid Tankwa Karoo one is to see gravel (dirt roads) of endless measure. Lovely scenic views of mother nature at her best. One wonders of nearest…
Sutherland was founded in 1855 as a church and market town to serve the area’s sheep farmers. By 1872 the town had a population of 138 registered citizens…
Fraserburg is a town in the Karoo region of South Africa’s Northern Cape province. It is in the Karoo Hoogland Local Municipality. The town has some of the…
Loxton was originally a farm called Phizantefontein, which was owned by A.E. Loxton, whom the town is named after. The farm was bought from him in 1899 by…
The town was laid out on the bank of the Brakrivier watercourse in 1843, when the Dutch Reformed Church bought the farm Zeekoegat from the estate of J.H.…
The town was established in 1843 in South Africa’s inland plateau. It was founded to meet the religious needs of a growing farming community, but unlike most Karoo towns…
This little gem marks the official half-way mark. Wortelfontein Guest Farm is nestled in the bend and foothills of a horseshoe mountain range on a 4890-hectare Karoo farm…
Hanover is a small town in the Northern Cape Province. Named after Hanover in Germany, this town was established in 1854. Much of the farming in the area…
Colesberg was founded in 1830 on an abandoned station of the London Missionary Society, and initially named Toverberg after a nearby hill, it was renamed Colesburg after Sir…