There are two reasons why you might visit the rather remote and dusty town of Kathu. One is to marvel at the huge open case iron ore mine - Kathu has one of five of the largest iron ore mines in the world. And the other is the incredible forest of camel thorn trees, Acacia erioloba, one of only two in the world (the other lies between Mariental and Reboboth in Namibia) that endowes the town ... cont.
From Upington:
Take the N14 towards Kathu for 208 km. Turn left on the R380 towards Deben for 27 km. Continue straight until you reach a gravel road, and continue on this road for 11 km, we are situated on the left hand side.
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