Nice viewpoint in Addo

Cradock, Addo Eephant Park, Grahamstown and Port Alfred

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June 13th 2013
Having left Camdeboo NP & the Valley of Desolation mid-morning we made our way to the Addo Elephant Park via Cradock to see the place my Great Grandfather lived in when he moved out from Ireland. We found the house in Cradock and took a photo and then went to get some coffee in town. It doesn’t appear to have much appeal as a town these days, but with some imagination we could visualise the kind ... read more

Africa » South Africa » Eastern Cape

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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