East Griqualand - Where the Spirit Roams Free

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East Griqualand offers the following:

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Great summer climate, with no malaria, and frequent snowfalls in winter (to rival Rhodes and Underberg)
Wide open vistas of the mountains and green rolling foothills, with magnificent skies
Huge wetland systems with a wide variety of birds, including breeding colonies of rare blue and wattled cranes
A wide choice of country-style B&Bs and guesthouses, in town or on farms, either full-board or self- catering, with great East Griqualand hospitality and food
Two golf courses, one 9-hole and one 18-hole, with well-equipped clubhouses & fantastic views
A range of shops, clothing stores, wholesales, tearooms and a few coffee shoppes and restaurants
The best biltong and fillet in the country, from a range of butcheries with free range beef
Fuel service stations with well-equipped workshops (caters for a wide area including south-eastern Lesotho and NE Cape)
Plenty of hardware stores and technicians who can fix anything
Two hospitals, one with a private ward, plus several private doctor’s surgeries
A tar airstrip in Matatiele, which can take commercial traffic, and two grass strips in Kokstad and Cedarville.(4x4 only)
Three tourism information offices (Kokstad, Swartberg and Matatiele) with contacts in both Eastern Cape and KwaZulu Natal.

Special thanks to Nicky Mc Leod who prepared this document.

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