| The Karoo includes Britstown, Belmont, Campbell, Carnarvon, Colesbetg, Copperton, De Aar, Douglas, Griquatown, Hanover, Hopetown, Hutchinson, Loxton, Marydale, Norvalspont, Noupoort, Orania, Petrusville, Philipstown, Prieska, Richmond, Strydenburg, Three Sisters, Vanderkloof, Van Wyksvlei, Victoria West, Vosburg, Witput.
Small, isolated but ever, welcoming villages with fascinating, widely differing histories, a distinct Karoo architecture and imposing churches rest in valleys between desolate, flat-topped koppies. Take a short trip from Colesberg, an essential stopover for all travelers and a sheep-farming centre surrounded by some of the country’s finest horse stud’s, to Hopetown, the scene of South Africa’s first recorded diamond fine.
Return, passing Orania, a peculiar, anachronistic, self-proclaimed Afrikaner volkstaat, before making your way to the resort town of Vanderkloof and the Rolfontein nature Reserve on the shores of the great Vanderkloof Dam.
Indulge in the watersports of your wildest choice or relax on its secluded banks which stretch 100km to the Doornkloof Nature Reserve on the man-made lake’s southern shores. Throughout this wonderful part of the great Karoo, you can visit, hunt or hike on game farms and nature reserves teeming with every species of antelope. And, like the country they live in, the hardy inhabitants of the Karoo, many being the descendants of 19th century trekboers, exude an uncommon hospitality making you feel immediately at home in heir beloved countryside. |
