room with a view
Apr 21, 2021
3 minutes
Words / Charl Edwards & Ingrid Corbett
1 / Elandsberg Rest Camp, Tankwa Karoo National Park
The occasional plume of dust swirls up in the wind but there’s little else that punctuates the peace of this enormous expanse of desolate desert landscape. The accommodation may be humble, but the setting is unarguably rich. Here, untainted by city lights, the night sky sparkles alluringly overhead while desert-adapted creatures scuttle off to rest. Tucked up in your bed, you’ll barely need to lift your head to watch the spectacular sunrise over the rim of your moerkoffie cup.
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