The Northern Cape is noted for its San rock art, diamond diggings, 4X4 safaris and the Kgalagadi Wildlife Park. It is a vast stretch of semi-desert land. The distance from the capital, Kimberley, on the eastern border to Springbok (in the west) is more than 900km. It is a large, dry region of fluctuating temperatures and varying topographies. As the most arid part of South Africa it offers the visitor an experience that is not elsewhere available.
The Dry ProvinceThe Kgalagadi The Kgalagadi comprises an area of over 3,6 million hectares - one of the largest conservation areas in the world. Red sand dunes, sparse vegetation and the dry riverbeds of the Nossob and Auob show antelope and predator species off at a premium. Augrabies The Khoi people called it ‘Aukoerebis’, or Place of Great Noise, as this powerful flow of water is unleashed from rocky surroundings characterized by the 18-km abyss of the Orange River Gorge. Richtersveld The Richtersveld National Park is a very good example of one of the most interesting mega-ecosystems of the world, the succulent Karoo..
Bordered by the Kalahari Desert and the Orange River, Upington owes its agricultural prosperity to irrigation. It is a convenient stopover for those traveling to the Kalahari, Namaqualand or Namibia to and from Johannesburg and Cape Town.
