Information Directory Page 9 of 87 Windsorton ( in )
Windsorton, located on the banks of the Vaal River, had it’s origins as a mission station. Originally called Hebron, the name of the settlement which developed after the diamond rush was changed to Windsorton after a trader, PF Windsor, who owned the land on which ... .... read more
Warrenton ( in )
The town is situated on the eastern banks of the Orange River, near the old Cape Transvaal border. Named after Sir Charles Warren, diamonds were discovered here in 1888. When the last diamond diggers left in 1926, it developed into a fine agricultur ... .... read more
Vosburg ( in )
The town of Vosburg lies between Britstown and Carnarvon, on the popular Namaqualand – West Coast Route. The town, named after the Vos and Van Rensburg families, was established in 1895. The Vosberg district is known countrywide for it’s ... .... read more
Victoria West ( in )
Victoria West is situated on the N12. Named after Queen Victoria of England with the suffix ‘west’ to distinguish it from the district in the Eastern Cape, this gem of the Karoo has changed little since it’s establishment in 1843. ... .... read more
Van Zylsrus ( in )
Surrounded by the rust red sand dunes of the Kalahari, lies Van Zylsrus, where one can experience true Kalahari hospitality. The most popular game ranches, especially for holidays and trophy hunting, are in the immediate area (Korannaberg and Witber ... .... read more
Van Wyksvlei ( in )
The town was founded in 1880 and called Van Wyks ‘Vley Estates after a local farmer. Carwood Alston, an engineer, had seen the possibility of building a dam to provide water to the farmers in the region. Construction of the Van Wyksvlei Dam st ... .... read more
Salpeterkop ( in )
20 km southeast of Sutherland is an eroded volcano. The peak itself (1766 m above sea level) owes it’s prominence to the highly resistant nature of the rocks forming the northern portion of the crater rim. This portion consists of quartz-rich fragments, with crystals of barite in between. Whit ... .... read more
Strydenburg ( in )
Strydenburg is situated on the R12 from Cape Town to Johannesburg via Kimberley. Strydenburg (‘the town of strife’) received it’s rather doleful name on account of incessant squabbling over – of all things – the choice ... .... read more
Steinkopf ( in )
This former mission station, situated amidst huge granite outcrops and quiver trees, has fine examples of the matjieshuis, favoured as dwelling by the Nama people in these parts. The renovated old Dutch Reformed Church exhibits the works of famous a ... .... read more
Onseepkans ( in )
The exact origin of the name is unclear and may by a combination of three Nama words ‘ tconsiep’ (an elbow projecting into the river), ‘nias’ (a rocky surface), and ‘tcaans’ (thorntrees), or it may have been deriv ... .... read more
Olifantshoek ( in )
The only town at the foot of the Langeberg, Olifantshoek serves as a large farming community. There are two game ranches in the vicinity, namely Neylan Game Farm and Pudu Game Farm. The town has a comfortable hotel and caravan park. Tourist attracti ... .... read more
Noupoort ( in )
In 1881 the railway line from Port Elizabeth ended on the farm Carlton, waiting for an agreement between the Cape Colony and the Free State. At time as many as 90 ox wagons gathered at Carlton and the adjacent farm Naauwpoort, waiting to load goods ... .... read more
Nababeep ( in )
Nababeepo, located northwest of Springbok, is the largest of Namaqualand’s copper mining towns, and the headquarters of the Okiep Copper Mining Company. The name is a combination of the two Nama words ‘naba’ (‘meaning ‘hump of an animal&rsq ... .... read more
Marydale ( in )
Marydale originated on the farm Kalkput, when the owner, GP Snyman, donated the farm to the developed as a church town. Twenty kilometers east of Marydale, the deserted mine town of Koegas is surrounded by mountains, quiver trees and abandoned mine tunnels, where blue a ... .... read more
Loxton ( in )
Loxton was named after AE Loxton, from whom the Dutch Reformed Church purchased the farm Phisantefontein in 1899. GENERAL INFORMATION How to get there ... .... read more
Leliefontein ( in )
The idyllic mission station of Leliefontein is situated in the heart of the picturesque Kamiesberg range, east of Kamieskroon. The village has retained much of it’s charming old world character, untouched by outside influences. Leliefontein boasts an ornate sundia ... .... read more
Hutchinson ( in )
With the discovery of diamonds at Kimberley, Victoria West was already an important stop on the road to the north. When the railway line was built to Kimberley during the 1860’s it however bypassed Victoria West for some reason. Hutchinson was established as railh ... .... read more
Kanoneiland ( in )
Kanoneiland is, at 2500 ha, the biggest island in the Orange River. It is approximately 14 km long and 3 km wide. A total of 1700 ha is under irrigation. Originally the stronghold of the Koranna under leadership of Klaas Pofadder, the island got it’s name from the ... .... read more
Karkams ( in )
The area surrounding the small village of Karkams is renowned for it’s beautiful flowers, rated amongst Namaqualand’s prettiest. Karkams is situated approximately 25 km north of Garies on the road to Springbok. ... .... read more
Kenhardt ( in )
This is the oldest town in this area and was the seat of the first magistrate in the region. In the wild frontier days of the Cape Colony this area was a lair for rustlers and outlaws. On 27 December 1868 magistrate Maximillan Jackson, together with a small police conti ... .... read more
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