Day Trips

Beaufort West & Surrounds

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  • Take half a day or a full day guided trip into the nearby Karoo National Park and enjoy animals like Cape Mountain Zebra, Kudu, Oryx and birds like African Rock Pipit, Karoo Longbilled Lark, Short-toed Rock Thrush and much more.

  • Visit a nearby Olive Farm and see how olives are treated to become the delicacy you enjoy. Buy some olive products. On the same trip visit some interesting rock engravings with an experienced guide who will tell you the secrets of these paintings.
 
  • Go on a 2 day trip to Gamkaskloof (Die Hel) and enjoy the beautiful scenery and plants of the Swartberg Mountains. An experience never to forget. See how earlier people live in Gamkaskloof and stay in one of the restored house (accom to be booked well in advance). En route enjoy the beauty and historical buildings of Prince Albert and Swartberg Pass.
 
  • Go on a 2 to 4 day trip into the Upper Karoo and enjoy the real spirit of this desolated area. Visit the interesting rock formations of Oukloof Pass, the fossil spoors and historical buildings of Fraserburg, the Tombstone Route of Williston and corbelled houses of the Upper Karoo. We stay at guest farms where you can taste and smell the Karoo, experience the silence and watch millions of stars while sitting by a braaivleis fire.

Tanqua Karoo & Roggeveld

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Enjoy a trip to the Tanqua Karoo and Roggeveld. Sleep in Tanqua Karoo, visit Tanqua Nat Park, go via Gannaga Pass to Middelpos (one of only a few privately owned towns in SA), visit Sutherland, SA's coldest town and the SALT observatory and return via Ouberg Pass. Sleep over at guest farms and experience the hospitality of the rural country. See a lot of the areas unique plants and birds. Trip: 2 to 4 days. Min. 2 people

Bushmanland

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Discover Bushmanland, one of SA's most remote areas. Drive through the Fraserburg to Calvinia and the Hantam, Loeriesfontein to Pofadder and return via Kenhardt and Brandvlei. Specially for birders to see the rare endemics. Trip: 5 days. Min 2 people 

Upper Karoo

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See the land of the Korbeelhuisies (Corbelled Houses) built by early farmers. Driving via Fraserburg to Sutherland, from there to Williston, Carnarvon and returns via Loxton. Trip can also be extended to include Verneukpan and celebrate a sundowner on the pan. Sleep over at guest farms, discover the Grafsteen route (Tomb Stone Route) of Williston and visit the SALT observatory near Sutherland. Unique experience with lots of Karoo plants and birds. Trip: 5 days (6 days if Verneukpan is included). Min 2 people

Augrabies Waterfall and Kgalagadi National Park

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A trip not to forget! Explore parts of Bushmanland, see Augrabies (place of huge noise) and experience the real Kalahari. This trip is mostly for lovers of birds and game. Sleep over at guest farms and national parks. Trip: 7 days or more. Min 2 people

Karoo

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Enjoy the real Karoo (Koup) and bend to your knees to discover the little things. Visit the Karoo National Park, visit an olive farm, Swartberg Pass and Gamkaskloof. The best of Karoo scenery, birds and plants. Trip: 1 or 2 days or more. Min 2 people