once you are in Graaff Reniet, the 1st thing you can do it to take a walk around the town and explore one of South Africa's oldest town still in the colonial form.. streets are wide and clean and buildings and shops are still in original 18th century form... its one of the sunniest place and it has got the beautiful lake in fact the town is at one of the edge of lake so sun lover can take some sun bath.. an other thing is its two world renown national parks in very easy drive way from here.. the first one is the Valley of Desolation national park, the peak is less than 10 km from city centre, here one can see the most amazing views of Karoo's clear sky, vast semi desert and magical sunset and there is a short hiking trail as well... and also the view of the city of Graaff Reniet very nicely planned white suburbs and the black township are quite visible from the place called Toposcope.. and the other national park is called Mountain Zebra national park where i didnt go :( and another thing to do or place to go is the a small town called Nieu Betesda.. its less than 50 km from here, also one of the popular place on the historical map of south africa.. i would ad a page for it later..
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on May 2, 2008
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