Mountain Zebra National Park

Olive Schreiner, South Africa’s internationally renowned author of “The Story of an African Farm”, lived in this house as a young girl from 1867 to 1870. An extensive pictorial exhibition portrays her life and those of her eminent siblings.

Open Mondays to Fridays: 08h00 – 12h45 then 14h00 – 16h30 and weekends on request.

On 13 August 1921, Olive was re-interred on Buffelskop together with the bodies of her child and their much loved fox terrier, Nita. Arrangements for visits can be made at Schreiner House. The climb is only recommended for those who are reasonably fit.

Built in 1849, it was the Second Dutch Reformed Church Parsonage in Cradock and declared a National Monument in 1971. The museum collection dates from 1630 – 2000. Ox wagon, different horse carts and old hearses are on view. In the Gallery see videos on the Boer War and the Cradock Four. According to hearsay it houses the organ that was played at Paul Kruger’s baptism as well as copies of his christening certificate. Copies of the Midland News (Cradock’s local newspaper) printed on silk dating back to 3 September 1912 are also found here.

The museum is open weekdays: 08:00 – 16:00.

Market Street, a proclaimed National Heritage Street, laid out in 1847, is probably one of the only streets in South Africa where all the houses are original in core. These beautifully restored houses depict the different lifestyles of the people who lived in them from Victorian splendour to that of the rugged Boer. The Victoria Manor, a grand old colonial hotel (est. 1848), serves hearty country fare.

Styled after St Martin’s-in-the-Field on Trafalgar Square, London, the Moederkerk was consecrated in 1868. This church community, the first in Cradock, was established in 1824, 10 years after the town received its name. The first President of the South African Republic, Paul Kruger, was christened in the first church in 1826. During the South African War the church was used as a lookout point by the British who occupied the town.

Highlights include: Vusubuntu Cultural Village, Cradock Four Garden of Remembrance, Lingelighle Cemetery, Nondis Restaurant, JA Calata House and a Tavern. Lingelihle is famous for its struggle icons: amongst others the Cradock Four (Matthew Goniwe, Fort Calata, Sparrow Mkhonto and Siklo Mhlauli) and Canon JA Calata, the longest serving Secretary General of the ANC. For more information on the Cradock Four – buy a DVD from Victoria Manor reception, go to the Great Fish River Museum, or go on a Township Tour and see the Garden of Remembrance and their graves in Lingelihle.

Karoo Comfort Zone offers our clients a professional selection of products and treatments at our Health & Beauty Clinic. A speciality of the Karoo Comfort Zone is the unique “African Hum and Sun massage”. Local Xhosa perform the massages, in the sun (weather permitting), whilst singing and humming traditional melodies.

Tubing, rafting, canoeing and abseiling available. Enquire at Victoria Manor reception or call James on 084 429 9944 and Wayne on 082 450 7207.