Britstown, Upper Karoo

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Britstown, Upper Karoo

Britstown is a small farming town, named after Hans Brits who settled here after accompanied David Livingstone on a venture into the interior. It was in the days of The Great Diamond rush in 1877 that Britstown came into being. Fortune hunters stopped here en-route to diamond fields, and a settlement mushroomed.

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Karoo Gariep Conservancy

Karoo is a “quenna” word meaning “dry and hard”. Gariep is also a “quenna” word meaning “big water”or river. The Karoo Gariep Concervancy is found on the Karoo “dry and hard” side of the Gariep “big river”. Like its name describes this is a very natural diverse part of South Africa. The fact that ... more information

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