Places to Explore In The Northern Cape

Discover the best places to explore in The Northern Cape with curated recommendations from our travel experts.

Augrabies Falls National Park

The Khoi, early pastoralists who lived in this area for thousands of years before the arrival of Europeans, called these falls Aukoerabis (Place of Great...

  • 2 Restaurants
  • 5 Hotels
  • 1 Things To Do

Garies

Garies is a one-horse town cradled amid sunbaked, granite-dominated hills, and one of the best flower routes runs just north of it for 100 km...

  • 0 Restaurants
  • 1 Hotels
  • 0 Things To Do

Kamieskroon

Another base for exploring Namaqualand in spring, Kamieskroon is the only place to stay close to Namaqua National Park—unless you’re in the park itself. The...

  • 1 Restaurants
  • 1 Hotels
  • 2 Things To Do

Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park

If you're looking for true wilderness, remoteness, and stark, almost surreal landscapes and you're not averse to forgoing luxury and getting sand in your hair...

  • 0 Restaurants
  • 2 Hotels
  • 2 Things To Do

Kimberly

Kimberley was born in the dust, dreams, and disappointments of a rudimentary mining camp that grew into a city of grace and sophistication in some...

  • 7 Restaurants
  • 5 Hotels
  • 19 Things To Do

Kuruman

If you have a car while in the Kalahari region, it's worth stopping in Kuruman, the hub of a dairy, cattle, and game-farming area. With...

  • 0 Restaurants
  • 1 Hotels
  • 2 Things To Do

Port Nolloth

Port Nolloth—a lovely drive from Springbok, particularly during flower time—started life as a copper port, but it's better known today as a fishing and diamond...

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  • 2 Hotels
  • 0 Things To Do

Springbok

The capital of Namaqualand is set in a bowl of rocky hills that form part of the Klipkoppe, a rocky escarpment that stretches from Steinkopf...

  • 3 Restaurants
  • 4 Hotels
  • 4 Things To Do

Tswalu Kalahari Reserve

Near the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park is the malaria-free Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, at 1,000 square km (386 square miles) the largest privately owned game reserve in...

  • 1 Restaurants
  • 2 Hotels
  • 1 Things To Do

Upington

Home to about 74,000 residents, Upington is a thriving agricultural center on the north bank of the Orange River. In the 1870s a Koranna (a...

  • 4 Restaurants
  • 6 Hotels
  • 7 Things To Do

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