LOCATION

• 2 hours from Cape Town
• Behind the Riviersonderend Mountains
• Where a physical sense of isolation has helped preserve some of the most attractive 19th century architecture in the Western Cape
• Climate of the Little Karoo: hot in summer and cool to cold in winter, when the rain falls and occasionally snow shimmers on the encircling hills
• Good farming country
• !Xan travelled through the area en route to the sea, first farmers to settle in the late 1700s
• The Wisdom School is one of the original and best-preserved buildings, faithfully restored to its former grandeur