11 Places of Interest in the Green Kalahari
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Game Reserves / National Parks
Augrabies Falls National Park
The Khoi people called it 'Aukoerebis', the place of the Great Noise, referring to the Orange River thundering its way downwards for 60 metres in a spectacular waterfall. Picturesque names such as Moon Rock, Ararat and Echo Corner are descriptive of this ...
Landmarks
Hakskeen Pan
Hakskeen Pan is a dry lake bed, and the world's largest unworked saltpan. It lies way up in the far north west of the Northern Cape, 300 km from Upington, virtually on the eastern border of Namibia. Hakskeen is one of at least five such pans in ...
Landmarks / Miscellaneous
Khi Solar One
Africa's first concentrated solar power thermal power plant lies just outside Upington, in the Northern Cape. You can see the huge 205-metre tower on the horizon from the N14, surrounded by its 4200 massive wall-like solar mirrored ...
Entertainment / Miscellaneous / Popular Tourist Routes
Kokerboom Food and Wine Route
The Kokerboom, or quiver tree, is one of the most idiosyncratic trees of the Kalahari (South Africa and Namibia). Also known, in scientific circles, as the Aloe dichotoma, this succulent Aloe grows to tree-like proportions and is synonymous with ...
Wine Estates
Northern Cape Wine Estates
With a completely different climate to the Cape Winelands, the Northern Cape produces a number of ranges of wines that boast unique flavours. The wine farms in the east have soils with a higher natural acid content and a lower pH level, which results in ...
Wine Routes
Orange River Wine Route
In a part of South Africa that is, for all intents and purposes, practically desert, one does not expect to find a wine route. But the Orange River, the life blood of this part of the Northern Cape, supports row upon row of land under vine – an ...
Nature Reserves
Riemvasmaak Community Conservancy
North west of the town of Kakamas and bordering the Augrabies National Park is the Riemvasmaak Community Conservancy - 75 00 hectares of land between the flowing Orange and dry Molopo rivers. Pronounced 'reem fuss mark', meaning 'tighten the strap', the ...
Nature Reserves
Spitskop Nature Reserve
The Spitskop Nature Reserve was named after Spitskop, an impressive granite koppie just outside the small town of Upington. Consisting mainly of sandy flats interrupted by two rocky outcrops, the Spitskop Nature Reserve is worth a visit not only for its ...
Golf Courses
Upington Golf Club
Situated just outside of Upington on the N14 road to Johannesburg and Olifantshoek, next to Desert Palace Casino, is the Upington Golf Course. The Upington Golf Course is a suprisingly attractive, contrasting 18 hole grass course with a true "Kalahari" ...
Landmarks / Airports
Upington International Airport
If you've booked accommodation in Upington, you're in for a treat. This Northern Cape town may be characterised by intense heat and arid conditions, it happens to be on the banks of the mighty Orange River, which creates a green belt of lush vegetation ...
Nature Reserves
Witsand Nature Reserve
The Witsand (White Sands) Nature Reserve is a 2 500 hectares island of brilliant white sands surrounded by a sea of regular Red Kalahari sand. Also known as Brulsand, or Roaring Sands. Geologists who have studied the region claim that the white sand owes ...
Green Kalahari as a destination
In the neighbourhood
Augrabies, Kakamas, Keimoes, Upington
Staying Overnight
Tutwa Desert Lodge
Tutwa Desert Lodge is set on a 16 000 ha private game reserve in the heart of the Green Kalahari in the Northern Cape. With exclusive access to o...
River Place Guesthouse
River Place Guesthouse is situated on one of Upington's wine estates, yet it lies only three minutes from the Upington town center. This exclusiv...
Modern Executive Stay
Modern Executive Stay is a unique apartment located in the heart of Upington close to shops and restaurants. It has three bedrooms furnished with...
The Oasis Hotel
The Oasis Hotel in Upington is near the Orange River and within walking distance of major banks and retail stores as well as a choice of restaura...
Belurana River Boutique Hotel
This stylish Victorian House, with antique furniture, offers the weary traveller a safe and peaceful night's rest in luxurious or economy self ca...
Pecanwood Manor
Situated on the skirts of a pecan wood plantation in Upington, Pecanwood Manor offers bed and breakfast accommodation in seven rooms. Attractions...
Africa River Lodge
Located on the banks of the timeless Orange River, Africa River Lodge offers comfortable accommodation in Upington for leisure or corporate trave...
Dundi Lodge Augrabies Falls
Dundi Lodge is conveniently situated three km from the world famous Augrabies Falls and offers the discerning visitor Africa in all its untamed m...
African Vineyard Boutique Hotel & Spa
African Vineyard Boutique Hotel & Spa is nestled in a lush landscape of vineyards at Kanoneiland. African Vineyard Guesthouse mixes its magical i...
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