2 nights self catering accommodation at God’s Window or 1 of our campsites
1 complimentary guided game walk
Use of horses for 2 days
2 day guided horse trail
R800 per person including:
2 nights self catering accommodation at God’s Window
2 days guided tour with game ranger
1 complimentary guided game walk
Use of horses for 2 days
Week-ender 2 day 4 x 4 trail - self drive
R150 per vehicle & R120 per person camping:
2 nights camping
Max 6 vehicles per group
Exclusive use of campsite
Self drive 4 x 4 routes
We have 5 routes from grade 3-5
Week-ender 2 day 4 x 4 trail - guided
R150 per vehicle & R180 per person camping:
2 nights camping
Max 6 vehicles per group
Exclusive use of campsite
1 complimentary guided game walk
Guided 4 x 4 routes
We have 5 routes from grade 3-5
Slack-packers Week–ender Special
R450 per person including:
2 days hiking (self guided)
Transport of bags
B & B accommodation at God’s Window
Transport when required
2 days guided game walks
Info on towns & places of interest near Bergplaats:
Near the small town of Brandvlei lies Verneukpan, where Sir Malcolm Campbell unsuccessfully attempted to break the world land-speed record in 1929. Carnarvon is well-known for its corbelled domed-roofed houses built of flat stones because of a lack of wood. The floors of these interesting houses were smeared and coloured with a rich red mixture of fat and oxblood, polished with smooth stone. A few kilometres outside Fraserburg lies the Gansfontein Palaeosurface. Discovered in 1968, it comprises several trackways of large, four-footed and five-toed mammalian reptiles. The prints are estimated to be some 190 million years old. Sutherland, birthplace of well-known Afrikaans author and poet NP van Wyk Louw, is known for its brilliant night skies and cold, biting winters. The sterboom (star tree), which blossoms in September, is found only in Sutherland. The South African Astronomical Observatory’s (Saao) observation telescopes including the Southern African Large Telescope (Salt), are in Sutherland. From Monday to Saturday, the Saao offers two guided tours per day and two night tours per week. Day tours entail a guided walk through the visitor’s centre adjacent to the telescope sites on the mountainside and a guided tour of selected telescopes, including Salt. During night tours, visitors can view interesting objects in the sky through two dedicated visitors’ telescopes. Booking is essential.
We now have available our new package "Stars to midnight" from 17h00 to 00h00. We do an indoor presentation on a big screen to explain all the constallations, sizes in the e Universe, show a short DVD about Sutherland and then go out to point the Southern Cross, Taurus the Bull, Orion etc with a very powerful laser before one does the actual observing through the telescopes. Served along with fresh made Karoo Curry & Rice, soup, hotdogs, braaivleis plus beverages.
General Information
Short lectures on basic Astronomy, how to handle a telescope, photography etc will be given.
For any further info, the camping site at Sutherland, please feel free to contact us at any of the following:
