Adventure Tour at the cango caves

OUDTSHOORN – DONT JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER!

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September 26th 2012
Before I went to Oudtshoorn for the first time, I always thought that it was just some small town that you just pass on your way to Cape Town, with nothing to offer but dry, hot weather and dirt roads. But after that I truly understood the phrase “don’t judge a book by its cover”. This small town is known as the ostrich capital of the world and is becoming quite a major tourist attraction ov ... read more

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After the British seized the Cape of Good Hope area in 1806, many of the Dutch settlers (the Boers) trekked north to found their own republics. The discovery of diamonds (1867) and gold (1886) spurred wealth and immigration and intensified the subjug... ... read more