Gemsbok or the South African Oryx display of dominance, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (formerly the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park).

Northern Cape

With only a million people inhabiting its 373,000 sq km, the Northern Cape is South Africa’s last great frontier. Its scattered towns are hundreds of kilometres apart, connected by empty roads across the sublime, surreal wilderness expanses of Namakwa, the Kalahari and Upper Karoo. Under the remorseless sun, vehicles share park roads with lions, dune boards swish down roaring sands, and Kimberley’s pubs serve cold beer as they have since the 19th-century diamond rush.

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Attractions

Must-see attractions for your itinerary

Big Hole
Northern Cape
Although the R50 million that turned the Big Hole into a world-class tourist destination came from De Beers, touring the world’s largest hand-dug hole…
South African Astronomical Observatory
Northern Cape
During the day you can take a guided tour of the huge research telescopes, including the Southern African Large Telescope, but it's the two-hour night…
Workshop Ko Kasi
Northern Cape
Serving both as a community centre and a much-needed tourist draw, Ko Kasi is a must-stop if you're passing through Kuruman. Started by two local…
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
Northern Cape
Welcome to the African safari of your childhood daydreams. Packs of entertaining meerkats scurry across the sand, antelopes wander the dry river beds…
Augrabies Falls National Park
Northern Cape
The centrepiece of this park is the 56m-high waterfall created when the Gariep (Orange) River thunders through a ravine. The nearby Bridal Veil Falls drop…
|Ai-|Ais/Richtersveld Transfrontier Park
Northern Cape
South Africa’s remotest national park presents a barren but undeniably striking landscape filled with weird rock formations and sandy moonscapes dotted…
Wildebeest Kuil Rock Art Centre
Northern Cape
On a site owned by the !Xun and Khwe San people, who were relocated from Angola and Namibia in 1990, this small sacred hill has 400-plus rock engravings…
William Humphreys Art Gallery
Northern Cape
One of the country’s best public galleries, with changing exhibitions of contemporary South African work, as well as a surprisingly good collection of…