A tiny village some 55 kilometres to the north of Graaff-Reinet. The village lies in a valley in the heart of the Karoo with the Kompassberg, South Africa's highest free standing mountain as a backdrop. Over the years many artists and writers from South Africa and around the world retreat here to work undisturbed, and in the process have transformed the town into something of an artist colony. For the traveler it is an island of calm respite, a place for contemplation and rejuvenation. Here you can visit quaint coffee shops, book shops, antique stores and art galleries or the extraordinary
