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Upington is the biggest city in South Africa's Northern Cape Province and a good starting point for the famous Augrabie Falls. It situated at the banks of the Oranje.

Contents 1 Get in 1.1 By car 1.2 By air 2 Get around 3 See 4 Do 5 Buy 6 Eat 7 Drink 8 Sleep 9 Get out

Get in

By car

Take the N7 from Cape Town and join the N14 at Springbok to go to Upington. When coming from the Eastern Cape, take the N10 starting near Port Elizabeth. Travellers from the East of South Africa can go via the N14 from Johannesburg and the Gauteng province. When coming from Bloemfontein or Kimberley use the N12 and N1 westwards, until it crosses the N10.

Drivers from Namibia can follow an highway starting near the Fish River Canynon

By air

Upington Airport [1] is situated near the city and offers flights to some major towns in South Africa. Flights are all operated by South African Airways [2].

Get around

Upington is the biggest town in the Green Kalahari region. It offers a number of attractions ranging from wine tasting to sundowners on the Orange River. It is a bubbling town situated on the northern bank of the Orange River. Attractions are

• Kalahari Orange museum complex
• Camel and rider statue
• Date palm avenue
• Dutch reformed church
• The Hortentia Windmill
• Hunting
• Kalahari kuierfeesOrange river wine cellars
• Sakkie se arkie
• Grave of Scotty Smith
• Spitskop nature reserve
• Augrabies national falls
• Kgalagadi transfrontier park

See

• The city itself is not very spectacular, but a typical medium sized country town. It offers a number of shopping malls and stores.
• The Kalahari Oranje Museum in the old missions station will tell you more about the history of the region. Make sure about opening times, before you visit.
• The Oranje River Wine Cellars Co-Operation is the biggest cooperative in South Africa and the second biggest in the world. Wine tasting can be arranged for you, however most of the grapes are not used for wine, but exportet to Europe to be used as normal food.
• The statue of the policeman on a camel is an amusing reminder of modes of desert travel before the 4x4/jeep.

Do

Buy

Eat

Drink

Sleep

La Bohème [3] is a five star guesthouse a few minutes outside town. It is a good place to relax and let yourself get treated. Rooms start from R500 a night.

Get out

• Visit the Augrabie Falls, around 125km to the west
• 240km to the north is the Kgalagadi Transfontier Park (former Kalahari Gemsbok National Park)

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