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350  THE ARID INTERIOR

Introducing the Arid Interior

The semiarid, sparsely populated Karoo extends across the
Northern Cape and parts of the Free State, Eastern and
Western Cape provinces. Sleepy country towns and
villages, often treasure chests of Cape Dutch and Victorian
architecture, serve as supply centres for surrounding farms.
North of the Orange River lie the red dunes of the Kalahari
Desert, one of South Africa’s finest wilderness areas. A rich Locator Map
assortment of wildlife inhabits this remote territory. In the
Northern Cape, the most famous diamond mines
in the world extract shining riches from the earth.

Vryburg

Kuruman
Bloemhof
NORTH OF
THE ORANGE Vaal
The lAi-lAis/Richtersveld Transfrontier Park is a bleak (See pp368–77)
moonscape with curious flora such as the kokerboom
(quiver tree), from which Khoi hunters made arrows.
Upington Orange
Kimberley
Campbell
Orange
Pofadder Bloemfontein
Kenhardt
Prieska Orange

Verneuk Pan
SOUTH OF Britstown
THE ORANGE
(See pp356–67) De Aar
Colesberg

Calvinia Middelburg

Fish
Nieu Bethesda
Beaufort Graaff-Reinet
West Cradock
Sutherland
Somerset
The Camel Rider Statue in Upington East King William’s
Su ndays
honours the memory of the policemen Town
and their tireless mounts who patrolled
the Kalahari in the early 20th century.
Road through the red dunes of the Kalahari Desert, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park

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