Paddling near Colesberg, Northern Cape

Colesberg sits in the Upper Karoo of the Northern Cape, at the confluence of major routes and close to the Orange River and the vast impoundments of Gariep and Vanderkloof. The area's paddling centres on these large flatwater dams and the Orange River itself, which can be run as a multi-day guided kayak trip downstream from Vanderkloof toward Douglas.