The stark Little Karoo landscape around Vanwyksdorp is spectacularly beautiful.

The roads around Vanwyksdorp are all really good gravel and are just waiting to be explored.

The Paddagaste Cottage and Annex are ideal for a getaway for 2 couples – or a family of 4.

Ralphies Tequila Shed pub. Van Wyksdorp. Western Cape. South Africa

Haibike SDURO FullNine RX eBike with a Gibbaeum dispar or Mimicry plant or in Afrikaans – Volstruistone (ostrich toes) – in the foreground.

The Spekboom Restaurant – You have to try the babotie.

We stopped for coffee (and the best carrot cake ever) at the Vanwyksdorp Mall.