We spent the first week of our holiday in the Oudtshoorn area. Oudtshoorn is situated in the Klein Karoo and its economy is basically split between farming and tourism. The word Klein means small or little in Afrikaans (also in Dutch) and Karoo is a Khoisan word that means Place of Thirst.
The Klein Karoo is flanked by the magnificent Outeniqua (the word means Men laiden with honey in the Khoisan language) Mountains to the south and the majestic Swartberg (Black Mountains in Afrikaans) to the north (above).
Both these mountain ranges have well known historic passes crossing them. I drove both the Swartberg Pass and the Montagu Pass for the first time and wasn't disappointed. Also took lots of pics of both. Actually took lots of pics of all the places we visited.
Oudtshoorn has a rich history and has a lot of historic sites that I also got to visit during our stay...
... while it is also known as the ostrich capital of the world. Thus lots of ostrich pics. Ostriches close up, from afar, in large groups, on their own, at sunset, big ones, little ones... More tomorrow.
GPS: 33°35'4.31"S, 22°11'54.71"E