Colesburg Overnight is close to the van der Kloof dam and the Doornkloof Nature Reserve, with animals like kudu, brown hyena, mountain Reedbuck, steenbuck, grey duiker, bat-eared fox, aardvark and the aardwolf, is where a place called Colesberg is found. An ideal stop over, between Johannesburg, Cape Town and Port Elizabeth, the deviation off the N1, you’ll find is shorter than the N1 and you have no trucks to contend with either. Enjoy a night or few at the Starry Nights Karoo Cottages. A lovely little village for those wanting to escape from the city for a few days, for those wanting to enjoy the silence, the closeness to nature, stargazing, bird watching, no traffic… the list continues. This is definitely a quintessential town, if ever there was one. Having a rich history, with not only it being the oldest settlement in the Free State, it was established as a mission in 1823, it is also the centre of the old Griqua captaincies and was caught up in the events of the Boer War. Philippolis is in the centre of South Africa. There are many attractions one can take part in, the Laurence van der Post Memorial Centre, this memorial centre is the first tourist attraction as tourists enter the town of Philippolis. However the best probably is the experience one will get when visiting the tiger experience at John Varty’s Tiger Canyons Game Drives and Concert. Going out in a 4×4 vehicle, designed with a cage, means you’re the caged animal and the tigers are free, and yes, this does mean that they will more than likely jump up on the vehicle. For more accommodation options in the Northern Cape, click here
July 28, 2010
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