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Mattanu Game Ranch re-opening a great success 2008-04-16
Mattanu Game Ranch re-opening a great success The recent opening of the new facilities at Mattanu Game Ranch was a great success with the MEC of Northern Cape Tourism, PW Saaiman, delivering key notes and officially opening the new developments of the ranch. read more >>



New Protea Hotel adjacent to Big Hole 2008-01-28
New Protea Hotel adjacent to Big Hole Supporting the drive to position Kimberley’s world famous mining town back on the local and international tourist map, Protea Hotels has opened a new four-star, R44 million hotel, built adjacent to the new Big Hole development of De Beers. read more >>



Local crafts used to decorate !Xaus Lodge 2007-12-12
Local crafts used to decorate !Xaus Lodge The upmarket décor in the lodge was done using local craftsmen and artists and the results are a unique and individual lodge. read more >>



Golden Lions train at Khamkirri 2007-12-03
Golden Lions train at Khamkirri Khamkirri was roaring with excitement this weekend when they were the proud hosts of the Golden Lions Rugby team’s 3day-training camp. read more >>



Namakwa Festival 2007-11-16
Namakwa Festival “The festival that builds brands and communities” This year, the Namakwa Festival celebrating their 5th year of festivities in Springbok and surrounds will take place from 28 November – 02 December 2007. read more >>



Ouma Grietjie Adams 2007-11-16
Ouma Grietjie Adams This reconciliation award celebrates a humble and gifted woman who maintained her soul in the harsh, often brutal circumstances of a small plattelandse dorp, and taught others what it means to be human. read more >>



SA Tourism FUNDI takes flight in the “Real Province” 2007-11-16
SA Tourism FUNDI takes flight in the “Real Province” A group South African travel trade will explore the Northern Cape Province as part of SA Tourism’s FUNDI programme. This marks the first ever FUNDI trip for South African trade and takes place on the 8 – 12 October 2007. read more >>



Two new border crossings for the Northern Cape 2007-11-02
Two new border crossings for the Northern Cape The Northern Cape has two brand-new border posts, both in National Parks, linking South Africa and Namibia. This will be of great benefit to these more isolated areas of the province and will make the attractions of the wide-open spaces that the eco-tourist seeks, more accessible. read more >>



Northern Cape Tourism wins Gold 2007-11-02
Northern Cape Tourism wins Gold Northern Cape Tourism wins Gold at Cape Outdoor Adventure and Travel Experience. read more >>



Heerengracht Guest House get ETEYA Award 2007-10-18
Heerengracht Guest House get ETEYA Award Ms. Pat Mokhali, Deputy Director-General of the Department of Tourism, Environment and Conservation, and her tourism team congratulated Thami Sebusi, co-owner and manager of Heerengracht Guest House in Kimberley on being voted the top emerging entrepreneur for the Northern Cape in 2007. read more >>



The 2007 Flamingo Casino Barney Barnato Golf Week 2007-10-09
Bookings have opened at the Kimberley Golf Club for the 18th staging of the annual eight day, nine night ‘Festival of Golf, Ribald and Revelry’ from the 20th – 27th October 2007, this styled the Flamingo Casino Barney Barnato. read more >>



2007 Flower Report 2007-08-21
2007 Flower Report This year promises to be another fantastic flower season after the good winter rains. The first of the flowers were out in early August, with the best showings so far being in the more southerly areas closer to the Western Cape border. read more >>



Baby Landy conquerors the big Northern Cape 2007-08-03
Baby Landy conquerors the big Northern Cape The vast adventurous region of the Northern Cape Province was recently the proud host to the launch of the new Land Rover Freelander 2. The area proved, once again, to be one of most ideal areas for any well-planned adrenaline and adventure filled 4x4 activities. read more >>



!Kimmies Route – A Namaqua cultural experience 2007-08-02
!Kimmies Route – A Namaqua cultural experience In the heart of the Namaqua region lies the Kamiesberg mountain range, surrounding towns and villages rich with cultural history, a wreck-strewn coastline, diverse succulent plantlife and landscapes clothed with unique beauty. read more >>



Mokala National park proclaimed 2007-06-21
Mokala National park proclaimed The Northern Cape has yet another fantastic natural asset to offer tourists with the opening of the conveniently situated Mokala National Park just off the N12 near Kimberley. read more >>



ER scenes shot in Northern Cape 2007-05-29
ER scenes shot in Northern Cape The Darfur Refugee Camp scenes of the popular ER series, currently broadcast on Monday night on M-Net, were not shot in Sudan but in the Northern Cape. read more >>



The Kimberley Big Hole is open 2006-12-01
The Kimberley Big Hole is open One of Northern Cape’s premier attractions has reopened after being closed for the past six months while the whole complex has been undergoing a R52-million revamp. The building crews pulled out all the stops so that the new and much improved "Big Hole" would be open for visitors from Saturday 25 November 2006. read more >>



Revamped Kimberly Big Hole to re-open 25 November 2006 2006-11-14
Revamped Kimberly Big Hole to re-open 25 November 2006 Visitors will be taken back in time when the revamped Big Hole project opens to the public on Saturday 25 November. Attendants will be dressed in nineteenth century period costumes at the official opening. There will be a mixture of the old and the new at the city’s most famous landmark, with a bar, a guest house and various retails hops, including a fast food caravan, restaurants and a photography shop, nestled in the old town section that contains all the original attractions. read more >>



Heritage Month at Wildebeest Kuil 2006-10-04
Heritage Month at Wildebeest Kuil On the outskirts of Kimberley in the Northern Cape, South Africa, is a community-based public rock art project, the Wildebeest Kuil Rock Art Centre. read more >>



Kalahari Gemsbok National Park – 1931 to 2006 2006-09-18
Kalahari Gemsbok National Park – 1931 to 2006 On 19 September this year SANParks will be celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park (currently known as Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park), which was proclaimed on 3 July 1931. This pristine ecosystem with its rust-red sand dunes, dry riverbeds and sparse vegetation gives sanctuary to 58 mammal, 55 reptile and 300 species of birds. read more >>



Namaqualand flower show continues 2006-08-28
Namaqualand flower show continues The amazing spring flower show, that started in mid-winter this year, seems set to continue into the traditional spring period. Very good rains earlier this year have continued and it may lead to one of the longest and best showings of the flowers in many years. read more >>



A New National Park in the Northern Cape 2006-08-17
A New National Park in the Northern Cape Vaalbos National Park has been closed and a new park, still to be named and officially opened, has been established just south of Kimberley on the N12 (Cape Town Road). read more >>



Namaqualand flowers are blooming already! 2006-08-16
Namaqualand flowers are blooming already! Amazingly enough the famous spring flowers of Namaqualand have already started blooming and we are still in the middle of winter! read more >>



Big Hole closed from July to November 2006 2006-07-31
Big Hole closed from July to November 2006 De Beers has invested R50 million in the upgrade of the the Big Hole heritage site into a world-class tourist facility. In the interest of safety the Big Hole area will be closed to visitors from the end of July to the end of November 2006. read more >>



Special Report: Namaqualand Flower Report, 14 July 2006 2006-07-17
Special Report: Namaqualand Flower Report, 14 July 2006 A report on sights of flowers blooming in the Namaqualand Region. read more >>



Northern Cape Launches its new branding identity 2006-06-15
Northern Cape Launches its new branding identity The Northern Cape Tourism Authority launched their newly developed brand at the Hilton Hotel Restaurant during Indaba 2006 on Sunday 7th May at 18h30. The Northern Cape Government, in its efforts to grow tourism identified the need to develop a White Paper to effect the above. The need to develop a new tourism brand for the province was evident. read more >>



First Provincial Northern Cape Tourism Conference 2006-06-05
First Provincial Northern Cape Tourism Conference On 20 and 21 April, the Northern Cape held its first ever tourism conference. By all accounts it was a huge success with a very good attendance. After the opening of the first session by its chairperson Ms Tina Joemat Pettersen, NC MEC for Agriculture and Land Reform, and a warm welcome by Sol Plaatjie's Major Patrick Lenyibi, The Northern Cape MEC for Tourism, Environment and Conservation gave the audience a quick run down on the purpose of the conference. read more >>



Northern Cape Tourism website already number one 2006-06-01
This site, which has only been relaunched in May 2006 and is already number one on many search engines. read more >>






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