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Province: Northern Cape
Region: Namakwaland
Towns:
Alexander Bay
| Garies
| Hondeklip
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Kamieskroon
| Nababeep
| Okiep
| Pella
| Port
Nolloth
| Springbok
| Vioolsdrift
| Aggenys
With the small town of Garies forming the southern boundary and the
desert solitude of Pofadder in the east, the world's most awe-inspiring
floral region is bound in the north by the persistent tide and impassable
cliffs of the mighty Orange River Valley. To the west, the heaving swells
of chill, brooding Atlantic chart a formidable frontier. Within these
confines lies and enchanted, richly-blessed land.
Annually, Namaqualand, the land of Nama and the San, hosts the greatest
show on earth. Each spring, Mother Nature shakes off winter's bite and
bursts into song, covering our vast desert spaces with flamboyant symphonies
of floral splendour. A celestial artist, she saturates the sunbaked
canvas of our deserts with a multihued array of wild flowers. Piling
one miracle on the next, you will marvel at the tenacity of her many
rare, unique and endangered plants. These plants are adapted to a climate
defying all life, to survive and thrive in a beautiful land of blistering
extremes.
Track the Old Copper Way back to the 17th century, when Simon van der
Stel's expeditions sank their spades deep into the rich, copper-bearing
earth, soak yourself in the colourful histories of towns deeply rooted
in a proud mining tradition. Ponder, at Alexander Bay, the reasoning
of the countless treasure seekers who, during the 1928 Diamond Rebellion,
were prepared to die in a foreign land for the chance to stake their
small claim to the area's newfound mineral wealth. For more information
about the Diamond Coast, visit the Diamond Coast - Forever Namaqualand
website.
Take an unforgettable rafting or canoeing trip through green-fringed
canyons of layered gold imposing their massive, age-old presence of
the sliding flow of Namaqualand's artery of life, the Orange River.
Or take our 4x4 on an adventure of self-discovery in the haunting, otherworldly
moonscapes of the stunningly barren, saw-toothed mountains of the untamed
Richtersveld Mountain Desert Reserve. Experience the mystery and wonder
of the approaching star-studded night, when shadows don the mantles
of ancient spirits, leaping with abandon around bizarrely-shaped granite
outcrops or filtering snake-like nimbleness through spidery arms of
countless kokerbome - welcoming the reflection of diamonds in the sky.
Alternatively, wrap yourself in a aura of meditation and escape to timeless
serenity of a solitary, palm-fringed cathedral rooted forever in a corner
of our contemplative earth. Or, as the copper sun sets on Port Nolloth's
diamond sea and the last, lonely lines are reeled in, indulge in a crayfish
barbecue (braai) built on a bed of embers glowing like the pyres of
the seafarers of old, wrecked on our endless shores, their memories
now swimming in the timeless depths of the great Atlantic Ocean.
The land of the Nama is the Creator's playground, a kingdom of contrasts
where indescribable beauty and a rigorous climate pool mysterious forces
to create a natural wonderland. It is a land of mystery, magic and,
most importantly, boundless fun.
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