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Province: Eastern Cape
Region: Friendly N6
Town: Steynsburg

Steynsburg, a small and picturesque Karoo town nestled in the mountains and koppies of the far northern East Cape Province, lies on the shortest route from Gauteng to Port Elizabeth, offering the traveller from both north and south a convenient chance to recover somewhat before continuing the journey. Situated about three and a half hours' drive from Port Elizabeth, Bloemfontein and East London, it gives the visitor a variety of interesting sightseeing options

Attractions
Eighty kilometers south of the Gariep Dam, the country's second largest body of fresh water and main supplier of water to the Eastern and Southern Cape, the town is only fifteen minutes' drive from the Orange Fish River Tunnel Project.

Ten minutes from from town is the farm of Verlatenfontein (Deserted Fountain), the birthplace of Paul Kruger, President of the Zuid-Africhaanshe Republiek during the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902). The house is a National Monument and visits can be arranged by phoning the trustees (see Accommadation, Bulhoek Trail. 

One of the most dramatic geograpical sights in the Eastern Cape can be found 25 kilometers from town in the form of the twin Karoo koppies, Teebus (Tea Pot) and Koffiebus (Coffee Pot). 

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