The Karoo National Park is a beautiful and peaceful place to spend a few days in. Imagine watching a Helmeted Guineafowl pecking at the ground as it makes its way to a nearby bird bath for a drink:
Or watching a Mountain Tortoise chewing on a blade of grass growing close to the chair you are sitting on:
What about going for a drive and stopping to admire these beautiful mountains:
Think of the wonder of coming across a magnificent pair of Gemsbok in the plains:
Then following a windy road into the hills, only to stop to admire this beautiful scenery:
Driving even further under the beautiful blue sky, you stop again to drink in this vista that seems to go on forever:
There is peace, a tranquility that is difficult to beat … and in between all of this beauty are trees, birds and a variety of other animals to look out for!
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Hi Anne, I haven’t been to the Karoo National Park. It looks lovely 😊
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Apparently a lot of visitors merely use it as a convenient overnight stop on their way from the Western Cape to Johannesburg or the Kruger National Park. We spoke to a few of these who hadn’t even bothered to leave the camp for a drive. We too use it as a break on our way to or from the Cape, but spend several days there at a time. It is very beautiful.
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I do enjoy the Karoo, very interesting. I’ll keep it in mind for when we go to CPT.
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Thank you for taking us there. Before I start using my imagination, you would have tell me what the temperature is. It looks quite hot and dry.
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It was hot, dry and very windy at times … and then came the mother of all thunderstorms that had us all scurrying for cover. I’m pleased to report that we remained dry in our tent 🙂
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You must have a had a good tent!
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It has seen us through several storms: rain and hail 🙂
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those are indeed beautiful mountains
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The air there is so clean and crisp that you almost feel as if you can touch the mountains from afar.
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wonderful!
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Heavenly!
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It felt so indeed 🙂
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Looks lovely – so peaceful.
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It is difficult to describe the tranquility that blankets one from arrival to departure.
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I can only imagine 😊. Lovely to join you on your adventures, Anne!
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Thank you, Belinda 🙂
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It’s very appealing to me, and I think I would like it even in the hot and dry season ❤
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Given the places you visit regularly, I feel sure you would love this place too.
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Your posts about the Karoo National Park really is fanning the flames of my longing for the place, Anne! Counting down till our next visit.
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It is going to fun seeing your pictures, Dries. I take far too many for there are so many interesting things to see there.
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Die Karoo trek nogal aan my hartsnare, die ooptes, die stilte wat jy kan voel.
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Jy is reg, Una. Dit is die ooptes en die stilte wat vir my so aantreklik is.
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It is a lovely park – from the tiny to the wide vistas. The campsite sounds lovely. We have stayed at Afsaal Cottage, which is charming and rustic and provides plenty of solitude. Thinking we should visit there again before too long. Thanks for the reminder.
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The rest camp area is one of the best we have stayed in – although at the time we were in one of only two tents there. It seemed most visitors were in caravans of one sort or another 🙂
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Magnificent scenery and animals!
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The open scenery there, along with the clear air, is balm for one’s soul.
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