This pricipal Town of the Green Kalahari is 820km north of Cape Town and 875km west of Johannesburg.
By uniting Christian Schröder’s 1871 mission station, Olyfenhoutsdrift and the Upington police station, the town of Upington, named after the first Attorney General of the Cape, Sir Thomas Upington, was formed.
Originally known as Kharahais, bound by the Orange River and the Kalahari desert, Upington is the principal town and commercial, educational and social centre of the Green Kalahari, owing its prosperity to agriculture and its irrigated lands along the Orange River.
Upington enjoys a summer rainfall and a hot climate. An ideal winter holiday resort, its facilities are excellent and the countryside contrasts semidesert reds with the emerald and olive greens of fertile vineyards. Linked by air and road to most parts of the country, the town is accessible, offers excellent accommodation and has a well-developed commercial infrastructure.
On the Kalahari-Namaqua-Namibia (Nama-kwari) route to and from Johannesburg and Cape Town, it is a convenient stopover for those travelling to the Augrabies Falls National Park, the Fish River Canyon and the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. |
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Kalahari Oranje Museum Complex
Schröder Str, Upington 8800.
Tel 054 332 6064 |
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Featured Accommodation
| 1. |  | | 203 Bannockburn | | | Tel:011 704 2911 | | Self Catering, Upington | |
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| 2. |  | | Bain's House | | | Tel:+27 54 332 1333 Cell: +27 72 906 4852 | | Guest Houses and Farms, B&B, Upington | |
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| 3. |  | | La Boheme Guesthouse | | Tel:+27 (0)54 338 0660
Cell: +27 (0)83 383 8288 | | Guest Houses and Farms, B&B, Upington | |
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| 4. |  | | Le Must River Collection | | Tel:0027 +54 332 3971
Cell: 0027 +82 828 1885
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| 5. |  | | A La Fugue Guesthouse | | Tel:+27 (0)54 338 0424 Cell: +27 (0)82 789 9324
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| 6. |  | | A Riviera Garden B&B | | Tel:+27 (0)54 332 6554
Cell 072 447 6750 | | Guest Houses and Farms, B&B, Upington | |
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| 7. |  | | Africa River Lodge | | Tel:054 331 1846
Cell: 083 303 7752 | | Guest Houses and Farms, B&B, Upington | |
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| 8. |  | | Belurana Collection - Victoria Manor and River House | | | Tel:054 332 4323 | | Guest Houses and Farms, B&B, Upington | |
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| 9. | | | Kalahari Monate Lodge | | | Tel:054 332 1336 | | Hotels and Lodges, Upington | |
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| 10. |  | | Protea Hotel Oasis | | | Tel:054 337 8500 | | Hotels and Lodges, Upington | |
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| 11. |  | | River Bank Lapa | | Tel:054 332 3449
Cell 082 492 4544 | | Guest Houses and Farms, B&B, Upington | |
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| 12. |  | | Strelitzia Guest House B&B | | Tel:+27 54 339 3170
Cell: +27 71 365 6090 | | Guest Houses and Farms, B&B, Upington | |
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| 13. | | | Thorn Tree | | | Tel:(054) 380 0300 | | Guest Houses and Farms, B&B, Upington | |
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| 14. |  | | 28 Degrees North West Guesthouse | | | Tel:083 564 1058 | | Guest Houses and Farms, B&B, Upington | |
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| 15. | | | A Chateau de Lux | | | Tel:054 332 6504 | | Guest Houses and Farms, B&B, Upington | |
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| 16. | | | Afrique Guest House | | | Tel:054 332 2942 | | Guest Houses and Farms, B&B, Upington | |
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| 17. | | | Andalize Guest House | | | Tel:054 332 5579 | | Guest Houses and Farms, B&B, Upington | |
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| 18. |  | | Aroma B&B | | Tel:054 332 5448
Cell: 083 236 2252 | | Guest Houses and Farms, B&B, Upington | |
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| 19. | | | Avond Rust Guest House | | | Tel:054 332 2264 | | Guest Houses and Farms, B&B, Upington | |
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| 20. |  | | Classic Court | | | Tel:054 332 6142
Cell: 082 568 1599
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