Attractions IN Somerset East

Bosberg Nature Reserve

Nature Reserves

Bosberg Nature Reserve

Set on the southern slopes of the Bosberg Mountains, the Bosberg Nature Reserve is a thickly wooded nature reserve that looms over the town of Somerset East. The lower slopes and sheltered kloofs are covered with beautiful Outeniqua yellowwoods, white ...

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Bruintjieshoogte Pass

Mountain Passes

Bruintjieshoogte Pass

Bruintjieshoogte Pass, in English Brown's Height Pass, lies between the Karoo towns of Pearston and Somerset East on the R63. It offers wonderful views over the Karoo. Whilst not an overly eventful pass, and not dangerous to drive, it is the first ...

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Kamala Game Reserve

Game Reserves

Kamala Game Reserve

Kamala Game Reserve is a private reserve lying between the Bruinjieshoogte and Boschberg mountain ranges that each rise to about 6 000 feet, close to Somerset East. Through the reserve the Little Fish River winds for some 34 kilometres. See over 30 ...

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Attractions AROUND Somerset East

Addo Elephant Park

Game Reserves / National Parks

Addo Elephant Park

Situated in a malaria free area the magnificently diverse Addo Elephant Park offers a wide variety of game viewing, outdoor adventure, accommodation and cultural experiences. You will be amazed at the variety of South Africa Wildlife that can be ...

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Camdeboo National Park

Natural Wonders / National Parks

Camdeboo National Park

Formed hundreds of millions of years ago, the Karoo of South Africa is one of the great natural wonders of the world. Camdeboo National Park provides the visitor with insights into the unique landscape and ecosystem of the Karoo as well as splendid ...

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Camdeboo Pass

Mountain Passes

Camdeboo Pass

The Camdeboo Pass lies entirely within the Camdeboo National Park, just off the R63 from the Karoo town of Graaff-Reinet. The pass gets little publicity in its own right. It doesn't even make it onto the top billing list of the park, in amongst premier ...

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Cookhouse Wind Farm

Landmarks / Miscellaneous

Cookhouse Wind Farm

The largest wind farm in the country, if not the continent, the Cookhouse wind farm has a 138.6 MW capacity, only just pipping JBay's wind farm at the post as far as capacity is concerned(Jeffreys Bay wind farm is just around the metaphorical corner from ...

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Mountain Zebra National Park

National Parks / Nature Reserves

Mountain Zebra National Park

The craggy heights of the Mountain Zebra National Park's Bankberg embrace rolling plains and deep valleys, and has become an entrancing preserve for the Cape mountain zebra. The proclamation of the park in 1937 saved these animals from extinction, and ...

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... and a little further afield

Bushman Sands Game Reserve

Game Reserves

Bushman Sands Game Reserve

Bushman Sands Game Reserve is situated on nearly 4000 hectares of former farmland. Bushman Sands game reserve offers malaria free sightings of wildlife within the reserve. Working with Shamwari's conservation team many years ago, Bushman Sands ...

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Groendal Wilderness Area

Nature Reserves

Groendal Wilderness Area

The 30 000 hectare Groendal Wilderness Area protects the water catchment area of the Swartkops River (KwaZungha River), with the Groendal Dam in its centre. Lying within the Groot Winterhoek Mountain range, this wilderness area has rugged terrain incised ...

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Kariega Game Reserve

Game Reserves

Kariega Game Reserve

The private Kariega Game Reserve is situated in the malaria-free, upper reaches of the Kariega River Valley, 14 km from Kenton On Sea on the R343 to Salem and Grahamstown and 145 km from Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Located in ...

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Pumba Game Reserve

Game Farms / Game Parks / Game Reserves

Pumba Game Reserve

Lying in a particularly breathtaking setting that includes five of the world's seven biomes, Pumba Private Game Reserve has a couple of major advantages: one, it is set in a malaria-free part of the Eastern Cape, and two, it provides really easy access ...

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Shamwari Game Reserve

Game Reserves

Shamwari Game Reserve

Shamwari Game Reserve is the southernmost, Big Game, private reserve in Africa - Malaraia Free. This ultimate African adventure stretches along the Bushman's river, halfway between Port Elizabeth and Grahamstown, and forms a natural extension to the ...

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Addo, Addo Elephant Park, Alexandria, Amakhala, Colchester, Jansenville, Kirkwood, Nanaga, Paterson, Sidbury, Sundays River, Sunland, Zuurberg

Staying Overnight

Guest House

Somerset Guest Lodge

Somerset Guest Lodge offers accommodation in Somerset East, a charming and historic little town. The lodge makes either a convenient overnight st...

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Self Catering

Witmos Oxwagon Camp

Witmos Oxwagon Camp offers an African outdoor experience, back in time. Guests are accommodated in restored oxwagons. The camp is situated on a w...

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Self Catering

Kuduland Shack

Experience the opportunity to get away from everything and everyone while staying at the rustic but charming Kuduland Shack. The comfortable Gre...

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Guest House / Bed & Breakfast

Herberg Manor

Situated in Somerset East, Herberg Manor is an elegant 1920s manor house that offers guests a choice of rooms within easy reach of numerous shops...

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Game Lodge

Ufumene Game Lodge

Ufumene Game Lodge offers Game Lodge accommodation on a private game ranch in the Eastern Cape, straddling both sides of a valley behind the Olif...

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Guest House / Self Catering

Angler & Antelope

The Angler and Antelope is situated in the town of Somerset East in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. The complex is securely fenced and includes t...

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Game Lodge

Koedoeskop Private Mountain Reserve

Accommodation is offered in the tastefully renovated, historic Karoo-style farmhouse which has six spacious double bedrooms, all of which are en-...

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