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Short Break In Oudtshoorn, South Africa

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If you are heading from Cape Town to the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Oudtshoorn is a nice place to break the journey.  There are plenty of attractions here to occupy a tourist for a couple days.

Oudshoorn is a small town and has no hotels available on points.  You can EARN points by finding a place on PointsHound or look on any other hotel booking engine.  We were there back in 2009 so this is a historical post and unfortunately I don’t seem to have any photos of the guest house we stayed in.  I can’t even remember the name!  It was pretty cheap, around $40 a night.

Oudtshoorn is known for ostrich farms and also for ostrich cuisine.  One egg can feed around 12 people and some backpacker places will do ostrich omelets.  Ostrich meat is served everywhere and is more like a red meat than poultry.

TOURIST ATTRACTIONS IN OUDTSHOORN

CANGO CAVES

You enter the caves in small groups with guides who operate the light effects.  It’s really stunning!

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OSTRICH FARM

This was an interesting visit and we did get very up close and personal with some ostriches.  Some of the souvenirs creeped me out.  Who would buy a dead baby ostrich in an egg shell?

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CANGO WILDLIFE PARK

There is so much to see here, I am giving it an post on its own!

Road Trip Through South Africa’s Cape Provinces

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South Africa is so easy to travel around by rental car.  We usually use Avis and get the Super Cover for peace of mind although we have never had any issues with them.  I always found the best prices on the South Africa site but you should check a few options like the USA & UK sites as well to see if there are any specials on.  Distances are great and towns can be few and far between so it’s best to top up your fuel tank each time you pass a major town.

We did the trip from Cape Town to Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park in 3 days with a 2 day break in Oudtshoorn to check out some of the attractions there.

Cape Road Trip

The scenery on this route isn’t that interesting but we did make excellent time as the terrain is flat and easy to drive and there wasn’t much traffic.

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We left Cape Town very early in the morning and drove hard to Birds of Eden so we could have as much time as possible there.  It was so amazing, we went back in 2014 so I have good coverage of Birds of Eden.     2014 Part 1      2014 Part 2

We stayed there until it closed, then drove to Oudtshoorn arriving very late at night at a small guesthouse.