Visit Graaff-Reinet

About Graaff-Reinet

Graaff-Reinet, South Africa’s fourth-oldest town, rises from the Eastern Cape‘s Great Karoo like a colonial mirage. Founded in 1786 and encircled by the Camdeboo National Park, this architectural treasure sits in a bend of the Sundays River with the dramatic Valley of Desolation as its backdrop.

Known as the “Gem of the Karoo,” the town boasts over 200 heritage buildings against a surreal landscape of dolerite pillars and endless plains, 750km from Cape Town.