Many different explanations will be given – it is different for everyone. The quietness, the locals, the dust roads, the lonely rusted windmill, the scenery (sometimes semi-desert), the sunsets and sunrises, the donkey carts, the…whatever….it is all there, it soothes your heart and makes you feel at peace. On this website Louise and I will be posting info on places we’ve been to. Some of them we have visited multiple times. There is also a facility for you to upload information (English or Afrikaans) and 3 images of your favourite place. Once approved, I will post it in the relevant section with your name in the credits.
Where does the Karoo Start?
The Karoo, from a Khoikhoi word, possibly garo “desert” is a semi-desert natural region of South Africa. There is no exact definition of what constitutes the Karoo, and therefore its extent is also not precisely defined.
What province is the Karoo in?
Karoo, also spelled Karroo, arid to semiarid geographic region of Eastern Cape, Western Cape, and Northern Cape provinces, South Africa.
The Karoo is best defined by its vegetation, which consists of assorted succulents and low scrub bushes spaced from one foot to several feet apart.
The Karoo is sharply divided into the Great Karoo and the Little Karoo by the Swartberg Mountain Range, which runs east-west, parallel to the southern coastline, but is separated from the sea by another east-west range called the Outeniqua –Langeberg Mountains.
coastline, but is separated from the sea by another east-west range called the Outeniqua –Langeberg Mountains.
The Great Karoo lies to the north of the Swartberg range; the Little Karoo is to the south of it.
