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Karoo
Desert NBG
Karoo Adventure Trail
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This trail, 450 metres long, has been designed to display some of
the more interesting areas of the Karoo. The word Karoo, which is
a Khoi word, means "dry place". Here, the visitor will be able to
wander through these various Karroid areas. Many of the sections in
this area are still under construction. |
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The sections open for visitors include the Namaqualand area, complete
with a Khoi Khoi herb garden and Khoi Khoi kookskerm.
Other interesting areas include the Eastern Cape, complete with
valley bushveld. Some of the other Karoo areas are Jansenville Noorsveld,
Little Karoo, Great Karoo (still under construction), eastern Karoo,
and spekboom woud (pork wood forest).
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The Garden has recently established a 2 hectare quiver tree (kokerboom)
forest in this area. These plants of Aloe dichotoma from
the northern Cape, were relocated from a degraded site to form a
small forest.
We would also like to establish an Aloe barberae forest,
containing the giant Baines tree aloe from the Grahamstown area,
and a botterboom forest. We are seeking funding for these projects.
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