Great Karoo Accommodation

Douglas

Just south of Campbell.

The town was founded in 1848 as a mission station on the farm Backhouse, by the Reverend Isaac Hughes. It was named after General Sir Percy Douglas, Lieutenant Governor of the Cape Colony.

Near the confluence of the Orange River and its main tributary, the Vaal River, Douglas is a thriving, fast-growing town surrounded by a wealth of agricultural and stockfarming ventures fed by two of South Africa’s greatest rivers.

Photo & text courtsey of Northern Cape Tourism Authority (NCTA)