Northern Cape Accommodation South Africa!
The Northern Cape is by far South Africa’s largest province, taking up almost a third of the country’s land area: a total of 372 889 square kilometres, making it slightly smaller than Japan. The province lies on the western Atlantic coastline of South Africa, sharing borders with the Western Cape to the south, the Eastern Cape to the southeast the Free State to the east and North West to the northeast. Its international neighbours are Namibia and Botswana, to the north. The capital of the Northern Cape is Kimberley.
Apart from a narrow strip of winter rainfall area along the coast, the province is a semi-arid region with little rainfall in summer. The weather conditions are extreme – cold and frosty in winter, with extremely high temperatures in summer.
The largest part of the province falls within the Nama-Karoo biome, with a vegetation of low shrubland and grass, and trees limited to water courses.
The area is known worldwide its spectacular annual explosion of spring flowers which, for a short period every year, attracts thousands of tourists. This biome contains a number of fascinating plants, including the elephant’s trunk (halfmens or “half-man”), tree aloe (kokerboom) and a variety of succulents.
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