Why the off-season Karoo is the best time to go slow and breathe deep
Travelling through the Karoo in late autumn means cooler days, softer skies, and fewer tourists.
Karoo Tourism
From astrotourism to wildflower season, travel, destinations, and events across the Karoo.
How the Karoo's isolation forged some of SA's greatest minds
From pioneering surgeons and radical thinkers to authors, engineers, and scientists, the Karoo has produced brilliance.
South Africa's dry heartland gets its roar back
The Karoo could become more than a dry heartland. It could stand as a symbol of how altered landscapes can be reimagined.
Karoo tracks and tales for the true rail fan
The railway shaped the Karoo, but in its retreat, it left behind more than tracks.
Biosphere reserve on the edge of the Karoo rethinks growth
These initiatives foster pride in local culture and encourage stewardship of natural resources.
How forgotten folklore could be the Karoo's next tourism product
As the tourism industry chases authenticity and slow travel, the Karoo sits on a goldmine of forgotten folklore.
Water spirits of the Karoo: how do we interpret the San's mermaid rock art?
The idea of water spirits may have emerged not just from imagination, but from memory - ancestral, geological, spiritual.