Take
the turn off to Douglas and discover this
‘Miracle-in-the-Middle’ of South Africa.
From Kimberley: Take R357 to Douglas. ±80km from Kimberley, cross the Riet
River Bridge. After 5km cross railway line. Few metres after railway line turn
right on dirt road at the Broadwater sign.
Keep on for about 1km to Broadwater
entrance on left hand side.
Douglas was founded in 1848 as a mission station on the farm Backhouse by the
Reverend Isaac Hughes. In 1867, a group of Europeans from Griquatown signed an
agreement giving them the right to establish a town. The town was named after
General Sir Percy Douglas, Lieutenant Governor of the Cape Colony.
Douglas lies about 100km
Southwest of Kimberley, the famous city of diamonds. These two
are connected by the R357 tarred road.
Other attractions nearby:
Confluence of South Africa’s two mayor rivers, the Orange and Vaal;
Wine cellar;
Game Farms;
Golf Course;
Kimberley’s Big Hole.
Broadwater is en-route from Gauteng to
Namaqualand’s flowers;
Witsand Nature Reserve;
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park as well as Namibië and Upington.
Broadwater GPS Coordinates:
-29.0254034°; 23.887195°
R357 Road from Kimberley to Douglas, Norhern Cape Province, South Africa
