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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.


Kimberley Mine Museum 
(The Big Hole)

Wildebeest Kuil Rock Art Centre

McGregor Museum

Kimberley Tram

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