Northern Cape

Table of Contents: Regions / Cities / Other destinations / Culture and History / Talk / Travel to Northern Cape, visa requirements By car Flights to Northern Cape, airtickets / Get around / Northern Cape attractions and sightseeing / City tours / Good restaurants and cheap meals / Northern Cape nightlife, bars, clubs and pubs. / Stay safe / Get out More from South Africa: Drakensberg, Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North West Province, Western Cape More from Southern Africa: Ai-Ais Richtersveld Transfrontier Park, Botswana, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zimbabwe More from Africa: Central Africa, East Africa, North Africa, Saharan Africa, Seychelles, Southern Africa, West Africa

The Northern Cape, [1], is the most north-west province of South Africa.

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Regions

• Diamond Fields - Eastern edge of the Northern Cape
• Green Kalahari - In the north, bordering on Namibia and Botswana
• Kalahari - North eastern region
• Karoo - The south western region
• Namakwa - The west coast and bordering onto the Western Cape

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Cities

• Colesberg
• Kimberley
• Kuruman
• Springbok
• Upington

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Other destinations

• Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
• Augrabies Falls

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Culture and History

The Northern Cape Province was once united with the Western Cape and Eastern Cape (which were jointly known as the Cape Province). With the downfall of the Apartheid regime they were split up. The Northern Cape is a very dry less populated region. Only the little industry and tourism and some agriculture help the people here to sustain some form of life. But of course there are also some wealthy and good situated people here.

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Talk

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Travel to Northern Cape, visa requirements

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By car

• The N7 highway from Cape Town and the Western Cape goes through Springbok and up north to Namibia.
• The N14 goes from Springbok to Upington and Johannesburg and Pretoria in the Gauteng.
• The N1 and N12 also run from Cape Town to the Gauteng. Both are situated at the eastern edge of the Northern Cape. The N12 runs through Kimberley, while the N1 links Bloemfontein with the Northern Cape and the rest of the country.

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Flights to Northern Cape, airtickets

Both Upington Airport and Kimberley Airport have flights to some of the major cities in South Africa, operated by South African Airways.

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Get around

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Northern Cape attractions and sightseeing

• The diamond mining town in Kimberley with the Big Hole.
• The Augrabies Falls near Upington
• The Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park at the border to Botswana

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City tours

• Rock Climbing

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Good restaurants and cheap meals

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Northern Cape nightlife, bars, clubs and pubs.

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Stay safe

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Get out

More from South Africa: Drakensberg, Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North West Province, Western Cape More from Southern Africa: Ai-Ais Richtersveld Transfrontier Park, Botswana, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zimbabwe More from Africa: Central Africa, East Africa, North Africa, Saharan Africa, Seychelles, Southern Africa, West Africa

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