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The hot dry Karoo has a sparse barren landscape, where the main economic activity is wool and meat from hardy Karoo sheep. The Karoo pleatau actually covers much of South Africa but we will concentrate on the area where the visitor can find some interesting little towns to visit.The British flag flying village of Matjiesfontein is a national monument in its entirety, and was once a Victoran health retreat as well as a base for Anglo-Boer War British soldiers. The wide streets of Graaff-Reinet have more National Monument buildings than any other town and is a delightful oasis in the scrubland. Nearby is a most spectacular natural wonder known as the 'Valley of Desolation', where the ground falls dramatically away, and strange dolomite pinnacles rise like rockets from a launching pad. Nieu-Bethesda is home to the strange Owl House - an unusual collection of sculptures and lifetime’s work of an eccentric artist. It may seem vast and empty but the Karoo is full of eccentricities waiting to be found. Take a look at the map locations of Beaufort West, Fraserburg, Graaff Reinet, Karoo National Park, Laingsburg, Matjiesfontein, Murraysburg, Nieu Bethesda and Prince Albert.
