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South Africa

Karoo National Park

IUCN category II: National Park National park National park of South Africa Nature reserve

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Karoo National Park, National park and nature reserve in Central Karoo District Municipality, South Africa.

The Karoo National Park spans over 7,000 square kilometers of semi-desert terrain with mountain ranges and vast plains supporting diverse wildlife species.

Indigenous San people inhabited this territory for generations, leaving significant traces through rock art paintings discovered across the mountainous landscape.

The park serves as an educational center where visitors learn about traditional practices and heritage of local South African communities.

The park maintains operating hours from 7:30 AM to 7:00 PM, offering camping facilities and eco-lodges for overnight stays throughout the year.

Five different tortoise species inhabit the park alongside black eagles, making it a significant sanctuary for these specialized desert-adapted animals.

Location: Western Cape

Inception: 1979

Elevation above the sea: 933 m

Part of: Cape Karoo

Website: http://sanparks.org/parks/karoo

GPS coordinates: -32.26220,22.30910

Latest update: March 9, 2025 09:32

South Africa in full scale: from cities to wild trails

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From the windy tip of the Cape to the blue line of the Drakensberg, South Africa stacks landscapes that do not resemble each other. A morning on Table Mountain, an evening facing the whales of Hermanus, and between them red trails, deep canyons, lagoons, vineyards, and reserves where large animals pass through. Kruger opens its roads at dawn, Pilanesberg sketches an ancient crater, iSimangaliso blends reefs and wetlands. Further afield, the rugged coast preserves its cliffs, the Richtersveld its succulent deserts, and the Valley of Desolation its frozen lava columns. Here, travel is at eye and light level, to the rhythm of a vast land that changes its face at every turn.

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