Guidebook for the Green Kalahari

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Guidebook for the Green Kalahari

Food Scene

Treat yourself to a fine dining experience... served with delicious craft beers and local wines.
6 locals recommend
Café Zest Fine Dine
24 Schroder St
6 locals recommend
Treat yourself to a fine dining experience... served with delicious craft beers and local wines.
Great for a stop on your way or coming back from Augrabies Falls National Park with delicious food and great cocktails next to the pool.
Vergelegen Country Guesthouse and Restaurant
Great for a stop on your way or coming back from Augrabies Falls National Park with delicious food and great cocktails next to the pool.
The Ibis Restaurant at Oranjerus Resort offers great dishes on their deck overlooking the Orange River - easily one of the most beautiful views to enjoy a sundowner on the river itself.
Oranjerus Resort Upington
The Ibis Restaurant at Oranjerus Resort offers great dishes on their deck overlooking the Orange River - easily one of the most beautiful views to enjoy a sundowner on the river itself.
Great views and great food. One of the newest restaurants in town, also great for a sundowner.
Red Ox Steakhouse
Schroder Street
Great views and great food. One of the newest restaurants in town, also great for a sundowner.
Enjoy a full Farmer's Breakfast at Bezalel's Farm Kitchen before you head out to explore or join us for a light lunch of gourmet burgers and wood fired pizzas.
Bezalel Wine & Brandy Estate
Enjoy a full Farmer's Breakfast at Bezalel's Farm Kitchen before you head out to explore or join us for a light lunch of gourmet burgers and wood fired pizzas.

Parks & Nature

When visiting the Augrabies Falls, pack a picnic lunch and be sure to stop at the breathtaking lookout points of Ararat and Echo Corner to enjoy lunch with an unforgettable view.
11 locals recommend
Augrabies Falls National Park
11 locals recommend
When visiting the Augrabies Falls, pack a picnic lunch and be sure to stop at the breathtaking lookout points of Ararat and Echo Corner to enjoy lunch with an unforgettable view.

Arts & Culture

A good starting point for any visit to the Green Kalahari as the museum offers great context to the region and its people.
Kalahari-Oranje Museum
4 Short St
A good starting point for any visit to the Green Kalahari as the museum offers great context to the region and its people.

Essentials

If you're heading through Upington, this is one of the best options for quality meats.
Upington Slaghuis
If you're heading through Upington, this is one of the best options for quality meats.
Grab everything you need from the Kalahari Mall in Upington.
Kalahari Mall
Grab everything you need from the Kalahari Mall in Upington.
If you are heading through Keimoes this is a great place to stock up on good quality meats.
Kalahari Vleishuis
If you are heading through Keimoes this is a great place to stock up on good quality meats.

Entertainment & Activities

Amazing river activities and personalised tours of the amazing Orange River Valley and greater Green Kalahari region.
KHAMKIRRI
Amazing river activities and personalised tours of the amazing Orange River Valley and greater Green Kalahari region.
Treat yourself to a relaxing day at a spa neslted between the vineyards of Kanoneiland.
Upington African Vineyard Boutique Hotel & Spa
Treat yourself to a relaxing day at a spa neslted between the vineyards of Kanoneiland.
Enjoy a tasting at Orange River Cellars' new tasting room and restaurant in Upington.
Orange River Cellars Tasting Room
158 Schroder St
Enjoy a tasting at Orange River Cellars' new tasting room and restaurant in Upington.
Learn about the history of brandy and enjoy an informative wine and brandy tasting experience on the oldest wine estate along the stretch of the mighty Gariep (Orange) River.
Bezalel Wine & Brandy Estate
Learn about the history of brandy and enjoy an informative wine and brandy tasting experience on the oldest wine estate along the stretch of the mighty Gariep (Orange) River.
Enjoy a tasting of local wines and brandy at Die Mas van Kakamas.
Die Mas
Binnestraat
Enjoy a tasting of local wines and brandy at Die Mas van Kakamas.
Quality casino in Upington with games room for the kids, ten pin bowling, restaurant with deck and outdoor activities such as mini golf.
Desert Palace Hotel & Casino Resort
1 Olifantshoek Road
Quality casino in Upington with games room for the kids, ten pin bowling, restaurant with deck and outdoor activities such as mini golf.

Sightseeing

Natural Hot Springs situated within the majestic gorge of long-since-dry Molopo river as it enter the even grander gorge of the great Gariep. Created by volcanic reactions and fed by local ground water, these springs offer a surreal experience to those who enjoy nature and adventure.
Riemvasmaak Hot Springs
Natural Hot Springs situated within the majestic gorge of long-since-dry Molopo river as it enter the even grander gorge of the great Gariep. Created by volcanic reactions and fed by local ground water, these springs offer a surreal experience to those who enjoy nature and adventure.

Everything Else

It’s pink, it’s prominent, it’s the place for postcard pictures. It is Die Pienk Padstal, and it never fails to put a smile on the faces of visitors.
Die Pienk Padstal
Main Road
It’s pink, it’s prominent, it’s the place for postcard pictures. It is Die Pienk Padstal, and it never fails to put a smile on the faces of visitors.
Best selection of locally produced dried fruits, home made preserves and a range of other products.
Keimoes Padstal
Best selection of locally produced dried fruits, home made preserves and a range of other products.
Akkerboom Farmstall is situated between Keimoes and Kakamas on the N14 highway, on route to the Augrabies Falls. The farmstall's coffee shop offers traditional moerkoffie and a range of delicious bites, such as greenfig tart, milktart, and lambpies. Browse through a great selection of dried fruits, jams, local honey, raisins, dates, nougat, 'boerseep', and so much more...
Akkerboom plaasstal
Akkerboom Farmstall is situated between Keimoes and Kakamas on the N14 highway, on route to the Augrabies Falls. The farmstall's coffee shop offers traditional moerkoffie and a range of delicious bites, such as greenfig tart, milktart, and lambpies. Browse through a great selection of dried fruits, jams, local honey, raisins, dates, nougat, 'boerseep', and so much more...