Aliwal North

Aliwal North is a town in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, close to the border of the Free State.

Get in

Drive south from Bloemfontein, north-west over the beautiful Barkley Pass, from Barkley-East, or north from Queenstown.

Hot Springs. Previously the main attraction in the area, and one of the top five resorts in the country, been rather ran down, but recently revamped.
Game Drives.
Horse-riding.

The Orange Gecko, part of Riverside Lodge (Next to the Shell Garage, just before the bridge over the Orange River on the road to Bloemfontein). A restaurant and pub with beautiful views over the Orange River, and very child friendly.

Accommodation is plentiful in the town.

Spanish Haven. Run by the ex-caterer and florist to previous president FW De Klerk, the colourful owner has big plans for the place. R310 for a double room, en suite.

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gollark: Locally, no idea. I'm on holiday.

gollark: bash-4.4$ ssh osmarks.tkssh: connect to host osmarks.tk port 22: Network is unreachable

gollark: Or the dynamic DNS.

gollark: Or the network.

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