Karoo Farmstays – we share 8 of the best with you
The impression we hold of the Karoo has romance at its heart: dirt roads, windmills, sunsets that look…
Tuesday, 28 October 2014The impression we hold of the Karoo has romance at its heart: dirt roads, windmills, sunsets that look…
Tuesday, 28 October 2014The aardvark. The only surviving member of the prehistoric species Tubulidentata.ย It looks like a rabbit crossed with…
Friday, 24 October 2014One of the most endangered mammals on Earth, the riverine rabbit is found only in the Karoo… There…
Monday, 2 June 2014The train rolled into the famous little Klein Karoo village of Matjiesfontein on a late October afternoon and…
Thursday, 17 October 2013The Karoo is without a doubt one of the driest region in South Africa, it means semi-desert and…
Wednesday, 16 October 2013Today I find myself reminiscing about the six soul-stirring months I had the great privilege of spending in…
Friday, 21 June 2013I never imagined that I would spend any longer than a few hours in a one-horse town like…
Friday, 15 March 2013Mermaids in the Karoo? Not likely. And yet legend has it that there are indeed mermaids, or at…
Wednesday, 3 October 2012Wilgewandel Holiday Farm is nestled in the heart of the beautiful Karoo, just 25 kilometres from the historic…
Friday, 7 September 2012As you wind your way along the narrow roads of the Karoo, the smell of the short scrub…
Monday, 23 July 2012Ladismith is in the Klein Karoo on Route 62 between Barrydale and Calitzdorp at the base of the…
Thursday, 16 February 2012We don’t mean to stop in De Rust. We’re on the N12 that heads off the N1 close…
Thursday, 2 February 2012Hi, Iโm Elsolique from Old House Guesthouse in Beaufort West in the Karoo. Beaufort West IS BEST KNOWN…
Friday, 27 January 2012Stargazing, like whisky, is an acquired taste. It takes patience, an appreciation of subtle nuances and enough time…
Tuesday, 9 November 2010Tired of always being tempted to click on emails and Facebook links of cute kittens, possums, koalas and…
Thursday, 9 September 2010