Colesberg

is a town of 17,000 people (2011) in South Africa's Northern Cape. It is an agricultural centre for horse breeding and merino sheep farming. It is renowned for producing high-quality racehorses and many stud farms, including one owned by renowned golfer, Gary Player, are nearby.

Understand
The town has a thriving tourism industry, in part because it represents a rough halfway point between Johannesburg and Cape Town. Small industries are located in town, including a sheep abattoir, a factory which makes a range of furniture to order and a panel beater.

Get in
The town is located on the N1, roughly halfway between Johannesburg and Cape Town.

See
The town boasts many buildings that were built in a blend of Cape Dutch and Georgian architecture with ceilings of reed, and yellowwood timbers, and others that display a range of designs reflecting the changes of 19th-century building.

Do
The Doornkloof Nature Reserve is located near Colesberg on the confluence of the Orange and Seekoei Rivers.

Sleep
There is a hotel, a motel, and many guest houses and B&Bs around town, most having restaurants and pubs on-site. Several guest farms operate in the district offering accommodation with 4x4 trails, mountain bike trails, game hunting (mainly springbok, wildebeest and blesbok) and bird watching.