Africa : Southern Africa : South Africa : Northern Cape : Karoo
Karoo
The Karoo is the semi-desert interior, located mostly in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The name is derived from one of the long gone Khoi-san languages and means dry plains.
Cities
- Colesberg
- De Aar
- Prieska
- Victoria West
- Petrusville
- Sutherland
- Vanderkloof
Other destinations
- Graaff-Reinet
- Camdeboo National Park
- Mountain Zebra National Park
- Karoo National Park
- Montagu - hot spa water
Understand
The Karoo covers a large area of South Africa, but generally references to the Karoo is accepted to mean the Great Karoo in the Northern Cape. References to other areas of the Karoo are normally qualified, such as the Cape Karoo (also called Central Karoo) further south in the Western Cape, beyond the Nuweveld Mountains and the Klein Karoo even further south between the Swartberge and the Garden Route.
Talk
Get in
Get around
See
The best stars in the world, nothing better than lighting up and enjoying the night sky.
Do
- Quad Adventures, ☎ +27 (0)723 03-9011, [1]. Camp under the stars in the wild after a day of winding through dramatic mountain terrain of the Garden Route to the vast open spaces of the Karoo. Choose between 4 wheels or 2 and enjoy hours or even days of adventure. Tours range from a 25 minute introductory route through beautiful valleys to overnight all-out action deep in the wild. The adventure is here – you decide when.
Eat
Drink
Drink a lot of water during the hot summer month from November to March. Make sure you have enough water on board when travelling around.
Stay safe
Get out
This page was last edited at 03:15, on 5 September 2008 by Babbelas. Based on work by Nick Roux, David, Tom Holland, Michele Ann Jenkins and Felix Gottwald, Wikitravel user(s) Yzerfontein and Anonymous user(s) of Wikitravel.