Explore the Northern Cape
Travel from the Northern Cape province through impressive scenery and pristine wildlife areas to the culinary and vibrant Cape Town. A varied journey awaits you with nature, wildlife and culture as well as culinary surprises. Where the world can't find you...
Photogenic route to Cape Town
Your journey begins in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, perhaps the most beautiful nature reserve in South Africa. Also on the program are Augrabies Falls and Namakwaland. Two more special nature reserves with endless opportunities for hiking and photography. In Cederbergen Wilderness Area there are still rock drawings of the original inhabitants of this area, the "bushmen. Here are beautiful hiking and driving trails throughout the area. After a stop at the cozy, picturesque fishing village of Paternoster and the wine region around Stellenbosch, you arrive in Cape Town.
Tips & Tops From Northern Cape to Cape Town
- In Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, you have great chances of spotting lots of wildlife and birds, such as the unusual Kalahari lion, cheetahs, brown hyenas and wild cats
- Early in the morning, you can observe many of the 250 bird species in Kgalagadi. Kgalagadi National Park is especially famous for its birds of prey. The most common are the snake eagle, bateleur, vulture, as well as several species of sparrow hawks and falcons
- Highly recommended is the !Xaus Lodge. Here you are in the middle of nature and all the wildlife can be seen directly from your chalet.
- Augrabies means "place of much noise. Especially at the end of summer, the waterfall lives up to its name when the river carries a lot of water and the sound is deafening
- Sample chef Reuben's amazing dishes in Paternoster at Reuben's restaurant at Abalone House & Spa
- In the months of September and October the flower fields are in bloom in Namakwaland, but certainly also in the other months it is a beautiful hiking area with many marked hiking trails in various levels
- In the Stadsaal caves in the Cedar Mountains, you will find rock paintings as old as 6,000 years
- A wine tasting in the vineyards of Stellenbosch completes your South Africa trip. There are several wineries where you can book this in advance. We will gladly help you
- The possibilities in Cape Town are endless: visit Robben Island, hike Table Mountain or visit the Cape Peninsula. A must is to explore the city by bicycle. Ask us about the possibilities.
