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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…

0835 mi – Da Doer Padstal

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…

0759 mi – Sutherland

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…

0693 mi – Fraserburg

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…

0633 mi – Loxton

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…

0577 mi – Victoria West

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.…

0524 mi – Richmond

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…

0501 mi – Wortelfontein

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…

0477 mi – Hanover

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…

0425 mi – Colesberg

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…