Kenhardt Attractions
Kenhardt lies well off the main tourist routes, 141km/88mi south of Upington on a seemingly endless plateau, a barren region suitable only for sheep-farming.
The town was founded in the early 19th C, when the governor of the Cape Colony sent a force of 20 soldiers to the area to protect the settlers and the north bank of the Orange River from the native population.
The town was founded in the early 19th C, when the governor of the Cape Colony sent a force of 20 soldiers to the area to protect the settlers and the north bank of the Orange River from the native population.
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Kokerboom Forest
The Kokerboom Forest contains these smooth barked plants that produce yellow flowers. They were traditionally used to make arrows by Bushmen.
Verneukpan
12km/7.5mi south of Kenhardt a track branches off the Brandvlei road and runs east for some 60km/37mi to the Verneukpan, a dried-up salt lake which is a bird-watcher's paradise.
