About the Karoo Hoogland

The people who live here are mostly farmers. The people who visit us are usually in search of an undisturbed, simple lifestyle; eager to indulge in stargazing, fossil-searching, hiking, taking on difficult but beautiful 4×4 trails, and finding rare animals and plants.

People who take to the Karoo Hoogland love nature and enjoy eating cultural food and experiencing local cultures. Thus the Karoo Hoogland becomes the ideal destination for travelers who enjoy out-of-the -ordinary, yet value excellent but down-to-earth hospitality.

You therefore stand invited to visit this unique destination – one that is with reason referred to as “The Gateway to the Universe” – and experience our tourist offerings.

The three towns that make up the Karoo Hoogland Municipality is Fraserburg, Sutherland and WIlliston. Each of these towns boasts with its own well-known poet/writer, namely MIKRO (Williston), NP van Wyk Louw (and his brother WEG Louw) (Sutherland) and also AG Visser (Fraserburg).