S1 - Ep 278 - Kenhardt - A Special Little Town in the Northern Cape!

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We are always looking to admire and discover the beauty of South Africa and visiting the special little town of Kenhardt in the Northern Cape with its rich history was worth taking the time to explore. One of the town's most notable landmarks is the Rooiberg Dam, which was built in 1899. This dam was crucial in providing irrigation to the surrounding farms and played a significant role in the town's development. Today, it still stands as a testament to the town's resilience and determination. Another must-see attraction in Kenhardt is the 600-year-old camelthorn tree, which has been declared a national monument. This tree holds a special place in the town's history. Overall, a visit to Kenhardt is a journey back in time. With its stunning natural beauty, charming small-town atmosphere, and fascinating historical landmarks, it's a place that's sure to leave a lasting impression. #DustBugs #adventuretravel #southafrica #southafricavlog #travelongravel #northerncape #kenhardt
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@hannessmith342 Год назад

The persons that were executed at Kenhardt, were executed by the British in July 1901 during the Anglo Boer war (1899 - 1902) and not by the Boers. The executed were citizens of the then Cape Colony which was under British rule. They were accused of treason by sympathizing with the Boers of the Transvaal and Freestate, who were at war with Britten. Thank you for the excellent videos.

@DustBugsTravel Год назад

Thank you for watching our video of Kenhardt, I'm glad you enjoyed it! 😁🚙 I also appreciate the correction about the execution, very interesting info indeed.

@mk-xq1tt Год назад

Lovely clean town with an interesting history. Love the houses with their stoeps.

@DustBugsTravel Год назад

Those Karoo houses with their wraparound porches, I could sit on those for days! Kenhardt was surprisingly clean and neat, which was a pleasure to see. Thanks for coming along! 😁🚙

@patshes1951 Год назад

You were lucky to find someone to show you around . A small town with rich history.

@DustBugsTravel Год назад

It was an incredible stroke of luck that we reached this particular lady and she is so passionate about her town, it was contagious! 😍🚙 We appreciate you coming to Kenhardt with us!

@charlietreston4035 Год назад

Hi guys the drive in with the African sunset stunning accommodation again topnotch I'm with you and the patio Justin could sit there all day your host definitely looked after you with tasty food and then the tour amazing. Drone footage shows how much land around the town the gravel road love it good place to start boat business on the dam memorials so interesting loved the old museum wagon and stuff plus photos of flood old pulpit and pews it's was great to see you find the old pepsy bottle then the history about camel thorn tree 500 years old showing the high street in flood great idea the old church was lovely Well kept. Old Town generator brilliant the high school and sports in great condition a very interesting video thanks for showing us .cheerio till the next one

@DustBugsTravel Год назад

Driving after dark and witnessing spectacular sunsets long the way are becoming regular occurrences for us and we love them more each trip! 🌄 Our accommodation and dinner were just fantastic after a rather long day of travelling, so it was very much appreciated. The fact that our host took us around to so many special and wonderful places, was a great experience and we loved every minute. There were so many interesting things to check out in Kenhardt, also a name we've ever only heard of before. We're happy we can now say that we've been there and you can too! 😁🚙

@annawitter5161 Год назад

What a fantastic sunset! I saw Kenhardt very briefly back in 1987 when we travelled through on a trip to Verneukpan. Fig jam! My ouma used to make such lovely fig jam. Love the drone footage. What a beautiful little town, with the church sitting like a mother hen on a brood of eggs. Wonderful to have somebody show you places of interest. The museum is so interesting. Are those war helmets on the ossewa? My mum had one of those washing machines, she would warn me not to put my hands close to the rollers, as if my hands could reach anyway! That Camel thorn tree really impressed me! A real monument. If only it could talk, what a tale it would tell!

@DustBugsTravel Год назад

It seems to have become the norm that we drive off into the sunset whenever we're on our way to our overnight stop, so we better quit complaining about driving after dark! 🌄 We don't often eat fig jam, but when we get the opportunity, it's awesome. And it was delicious on that freshly-baked roosterkoek, what a treat to arrive to! 👌🏻 Our host was awesome and she was so generous with her time and knowledge. We feel we got to see places in town which not every tourist gets to see and that made it an extra special experience for us. I definitely think those green helmets must be from the war era, but I don't have details on them. I was equally fascinated by the washing machines and what the folks of yesteryear came up with then already, it actually blows my mind! 🤯 Agreed about the old tree, it's barely clinging to life, but clinging all the same. What a historical place that was for the town and it was good to pay tribute to the tree where it all began! 🚙🌳

@annawitter5161 Год назад

@@DustBugsTravel my mom is 92 and just like that old tree

@user-ig9pt9qt7l Год назад

Thank you for visiting Kenhardt a town with very special memories which I will forever cherish.

@DustBugsTravel Год назад

I am so happy to hear that this town has a special place in your heart. We appreciate you coming back to the town with the two of us. Thank you for watching. 😍🚙

@colinparmanand3162 Год назад

Curtis, Sonia and fellow Dusty commune, hello again after another fantastic trip. Curtis, young man, I will be 70 on Monday but you and I have a kindred spirit which I knew on my first trip with you and the gang. Wrap around verandas take me way back to my grand and great grand parents home in Durbs and Pmburg. as a lighty. Jumping over the walls , skating on the red polished cement floors...… What an unknown gem Kenhardt is. Just a thought, why is it not possible for volunteer divers save a town by unblocking and making the sluice function again. The other is to fill water in the catchment that is around the 600-year-old camelthorn tree by the townsfolk as a Sunday thanksgiving. Any whoo, thank you all buddies for an experience we may never have shared.

@DustBugsTravel Год назад

I had my fair share of time spent on red polished floors and jumping over walls and fences, so I can identify with the memory you sketched. I have vague memories of wraparound porches at family homes, but I was still very young. I absolutely loved seeing so many in Kenhardt. I could literally sit there for hours, if not days. 🏡 Those sound like pretty plausible suggestions and I hope somewhere someone sees them and put some of your ideas into action. Thank you once again for taking this trip with us, it's always great fun when you come along! 🚙🌳

@colinparmanand3162 Год назад

@@DustBugsTravel 🤞Ask Darling Elma to let you know if it comes to fruition. There's a lot of towns out there that can be brought back to former glory if municipalities and government want to play fair with rates, taxpayers and most of all God's children living in hope for someone who cares to come along.

@1812nico Год назад

Hi you two! Thank you for this trip into the Kalahari, with a spectacular sunset-welcome into Kenhardt, and the morning departure from your stay-over, with --- cuppas! The aerial view of the town really shows its uniqueness in the wide desert area. Thanks for sending up the drone. The town is really neat and I like those porched houses. There won't be many places in the world that were founded by a policeman under an old tree! May that old tree survive for another couple of hundred years together with the town. The old dam was also quite a surprise (gravel road and all!). Even if it does not serve the town directly, I am sure it can help the sheep farmers. I hope Kenhardt will be spared more flooding such as we saw in the photos. Again it is nice to see and old little town treasuring their history. Thank you for taking me there. Keep safe!

@DustBugsTravel Год назад

There is so much to love about Kenhardt. I echo your sentiment about those wraparound porches, I could easily spend all day every day on one of those! 😍🏡 I so enjoy sending up the drone and I was very pleased with the footage of Kenhardt. It makes me happy that you enjoyed it too! The cuppas with the birdsong that particular morning was just a surreal experience and set the tone beautifully for the rest of the day. ☕🐦 Let's hope that very special old tree survives for another few hundred years like you say, it was rather awe-inspiring standing in its presence, knowing that it's been there for at least 500 years! That's next level! 💚🌳

@user-oe4yl3qd7e 4 дня назад

Mooi ❤

@deonzar Год назад

Good morning...I am glad to see that the Camelthorn tree is still standing, And thanx for showing us all the other things we never see. Yes that is a little town with quite a history. And imagine sitting with such a big dam and you cannot use the water.. .

@DustBugsTravel Год назад

It was a rather sacred moment I spent at that old tree and all I could think about, was the stories it must be able to tell and the things it must've seen. As you saw, it's barely clinging to life, so I'm happy to have been able to see it while it's still fighting. 🌳😍 It was sad to see the dam basically lying dormant and the sluices not being able to be opened anymore. We understood the dam was a great asset to Kenhardt, so I hope it's brought back to proper life in the near future. Thank you for visiting this special town with us! 😁🚙

@hannesvanniekerk499 Год назад

Beautiful. I stopped there for fuel many years ago on my way from Keimoes to Cape Town with two of my aunt. A 'traveller' asked something in English and I spoke straight back without hesitation (having grown up in Australia). One aunt commented, 'As daai man nou met jou oom Engels gepraat het sou hy gedood het voor hy gepraat het'. He avoid English speakers. The town is much, much lovelier than I recollect. Thank you again. I'm really grateful to you both for such pleasant journeys.

@DustBugsTravel Год назад

You're so welcome! It's our absolute pleasure to have taken you back to Kenhardt after all these years! I had a good chuckle about your story of the English traveller and your uncle reminded me somewhat of Sonia's dad, who also loved Afrikaans with all his heart and was doubtful about any South African who couldn't or at least didn't try to speak it. 😍 Kenhardt is a great little town where one could easily sit on a wraparound porch for a week and just watch the world go by! 😁🚙

@phillipleboa5251 Год назад

Beautiful photography as you entered the town !!! Love your insightful videos !!!!! xoxoxxoxo

@DustBugsTravel Год назад

Thank you! That evening light made it a special experience to drive into this charming town! 🌄 We always appreciate it when you come along, I'm happy to hear that you thought Kenhardt was a good experience. 😁🚙

@mariusroos Год назад

I always travelled through Kenhard on my way to Upington. I never realized it is so big. I thought it is a very small town. Thanks guys another very successful display by you. I really enjoyed it.

@DustBugsTravel Год назад

The drone footage showed a larger town than I thought later while driving through. The streets are wide, the stands are large and there is just this general feeling of wide open spaces, even in town. It's a charming town and I'm happy that you got to visit it again, albeit in reverse this time since we'd already been to Upington by the time we arrived in Kenhardt! 😁🚙

@chrislee5421 Год назад

What a lovely display of my hometown Kenhardt! Watching it from 9600km away was a real treat this morning❤️ I remember the most beautiful sunsets 🥹🥹…Ek wil sommer huistoe gaan!🇿🇦 Thank you!!!❤

@DustBugsTravel Год назад

Thank you for watching our video of your hometown, a special place! 😍🚙 We've only ever experienced one sunset in the area and I have to agree with you that it is truly spectacular. 🌄 I can read the longing for your home country between the lines of your comment and I can completely identify. We lived 12500km from home for a number of years and the homesickness got so bad for me that we came right back! 🇿🇦❤️

@chrislee5421 Год назад

@@DustBugsTravel well I’m so glad you could experience that one sunset😊 and you’re right…I’m not even trying to hide the homesickness😅 You’re videos are so authentic and sincere that I could nearly smell the fresh kalahari air and feel the 40° heat😅🇿🇦❤️ I could hear Sonja loved it too❤️

@terrimeyer3815 Год назад

Wonderful to get the town tour from someone who loves her town. Sounds like a great place to stay. Thank you as always....everything is facinating to me 🎉🎉❤❤🎉🎉

@DustBugsTravel Год назад

And our host loves her town, its history and its people dearly. 😍 I got the impression that quality of life is good there, folks seem happy and content. It was really a fantastic place to visit. Fascinating is a good word for some of the things we saw in Kenhardt, we used it ourselves multiple times that day! 🤩🚙

@Jan-iq5sm Год назад

Thank you once again . Very grateful . From the uk .

@DustBugsTravel Год назад

Only our pleasure, I'm so glad to hear you enjoyed visiting Kenhardt with us! 😁🚙

@omarlagardien8230 Год назад

Thanx for your lovely adventures to the seldom visited South African outback ❤

@sephalamokopu3732 Год назад

Long time ago when i used to work for the rail way we used to sleep there by that hotel, they used to make us nice lunch packs. also the stories out seniors will tell us about ghost lol we all knew to avoid room number one. lol

@DustBugsTravel Год назад

Thank you for sharing that memory with us! 😁👻 If I ever visit the hotel in Kenhardt, I'll make sure they don't put us in number 1! It sounds like you had some good times in Kenhardt! 🚙😁

@munesumangava9751 Год назад

The evening sunset drive purely stunning guys👏👏👏

@rorysullivan4913 Год назад

Back on the road again. Enjoyed visit to Kenhardt. Life must have been hard for the pioneers who settled in this vast wilderness.

@DustBugsTravel Год назад

We were on the road for seven days in this part of the Northern Cape and it was an incredible experience. 🚙😁 I'm always happy to hear you enjoy a town. It must be the fact that it's in the Karoo since I know how much you love the Karoo! I agree with you, life back in the day must've been super tough!

@stewardvandenheever8521 12 дней назад

I like the drone footage💯

@kelvinnaidoo8674 Год назад

Thank you for the lovely tour lovely small town never been there but I love to visit I'm from Durban KZN ❤❤❤

@DustBugsTravel Год назад

If you get the opportunity to visit Kenhardt, grab it with both hands and go! You'll love it! 🚙😁 It couldn't be more different from Durban, but it's a great place with a landscape that will make you appreciate bare and barren beauty where silence is plentiful and so very welcome! Thank you for watching our video!

@flodillon991 Год назад

Liked your accomadation very nice. Thank you for this very informative episcode.

@johnhewitt1096 Год назад

Thank you for this tour of Kenhardt. My wifes father was born there in an ox wagon on their trek to Windhoek. I have to visit that place. Beautiful

@DustBugsTravel Год назад

Our pleasure! I'm so glad you could join us on our visit to the town in which your father-in-law was born. That's quite a story of him being born in an oxwagon. It must've no doubt resembled the one I saw in the church museum I walked through. 💒 I do hope you're able to visit the town yourself in the near future, I am sure it will be a very special experience for you. 🚙😊

@anniehyams7317 Год назад

The Sunsets Here Are Too Beautiful I remember having a Picture of the Beautiful Red Sunset That was Shaped likes Lantern and Orange red in my old phone that was broken and unfortunately could not save the😮 picture either that was a few years ago This Little Village or Town is Really Beautiful and The Sun rises are a Rich Orange Golden Colour in the morning Thank You So Much for Sharing Your Beautiful Video @ Dustbugs Travel 👍👍❤️❤️

@DustBugsTravel Год назад

You must've been quite sad about losing that sunset pic, it sounds gorgeous! 🌄 I think we've all lost precious pics when we've swopped or lost or broken phones, it's happened to me too. I'm so glad you enjoyed our video of a town you obviously know well and love deeply! 😁🚙

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@MrElhabib123 Год назад

Beautiful guest house..Kalahari is authentic

@Torridon22 Год назад

That remote lonely grave next to the dam was special, thank you for sharing that with us ❤️

@DustBugsTravel Год назад

I also thought so, I was very grateful for our host for sharing those pics with us. 🌳🏛️ I'm glad you came along to Kenhardt! 🚙😊

@rickelliott4130 Год назад

what a clean town.

@DustBugsTravel Год назад

Absolutely, it was striking from the moment we arrived in town on that Saturday evening! 👌🏻🚙

@claravanrooyen4131 Год назад

Thankyou Appreciate the video.

@brandtonstrauss59 Год назад

Across the street from the guest house you stayed in, diagonally to your right lives a couple. Lady is turning 96 this year... They trekked through Kenhardt in the 1930's to the deep Kalahari (Meir/ Geisemap area) and then returned back to their farm 50km outside Kenhardt over 10 years ago. Finally moved back to town 2017/18 I think.

@DustBugsTravel Год назад

Wow, thank you for that interesting info! 👌🏻 We had no idea.

@ronnykenny3965 Год назад

Loved it ,thank you. Sjoe maar die tannie kan ry, left the dustbugs in the dust 😂. Obviously drives that gravel road regularly . Looking forward to our next road trip

@DustBugsTravel Год назад

Actually, our host said she doesn't often get the chance to go out to the dam. She enjoyed being out there so much and obviously knows her way around those roads very well. We're used to being slower on the road than most and she was happy to wait for us every kilometre or two so that we could catch up! 😁🚙 I'm glad you enjoyed our visit to the special town of Kenhardt!

@doraduplessis2727 Год назад

@@DustBugsTravel, my husband said the same. She is much faster than you but was willing to wait for you to catch up every time. Wish we could "meet" her in the video.

@Jan-iq5sm Год назад

Sonia s command of English is astounding. Well educated, with an above average vocabulary. Both of you are always so enthusiastic. The 37 degrees temp at 11 am is a bit much . I would find it debilitating.

@DustBugsTravel Год назад

My darling wife has a big smile on her face and she thanks you for the most kind compliment. 🥰 She grew up in an Afrikaans household, but could read English before her first language and then went on to study English at university too. 😁 There is just so much to be enthusiastic about in this wonderful country and we're so happy that you join us all the way from the UK! 🇿🇦🇬🇧 That day was really the hottest out of the seven we spent on the road during that trip and the 37C was a tad warm, I must admit! 🥵🚙

@elrico8806 Год назад

Hello hello, we are moving with these videos, we all the way in kenhardt, this map is filling up real quick......these videos are awesome keep them coming..cant wait to continue to explore more.this was such a lovely town to see.

@DustBugsTravel Год назад

The open road and small towns keep calling and I just have to answer! 😁🚙 This was an awesome trip through the Northern Cape, an area we're so glad we got to visit and explore. I'm so happy you're still on the backseat and enjoyed the visit to Kenhardt, a charming place!

@ingeborgvanderveer789 Год назад

Wat zijn de asfalt en gravel wegen die jullie berijden toch vaak zo heerlijk rustig, dat is echt ondenkbaar in mijn land 🚗🚙🚗. Hoe keurig dat jij zelfs op een zo te zien geheel lege gravelroad je richtingaanwijzer gebruikt als je rechtsaf slaat 😄. Het blijft toch wonderlijk hoe inventief de mensen vroeger waren op een nieuwe plek van bestemming, dammen en waterwegen gaan bedenken en aanleggen. De 2 graven onder de prachtige bomen zijn mooie overblijfselen aan die oude tijden. Wat lief dat jullie bevlogen gastvrouw zoveel moois aan jullie en ons toonde!

@DustBugsTravel Год назад

We often realise just why we love the more remote parts of our country so much and it's because we almost feel alone and, without too many people and vehicles around, we can truly appreciate the nature and landscapes surrounding the towns we love to explore! 🌳🌊 Sonia visited The Netherlands once on business and she told me how busy the roads and cities are all the time! 🇳🇱 If I stop using my indicator on gravel roads, I may just get into the habit of not using it on tar and I may just get into trouble with the law and we wouldn't want that! 😁👨🏻‍✈️ Kenhardt has a rich history and it was fantastic to explore that with our host who loves her town and its people so deeply, it was a real privilege. We appreciate you joining us too from afar! 🚙

@desh7120 Год назад

Love your new logo and this was another wonderful DustBugs adventure! Sad to hear how lengthy their drought has been.

@DustBugsTravel Год назад

Thank you, it was time for a change and I'm glad you like it! 😁🚙 It is indeed sad about the drought. All the green we saw everywhere actually fooled us into thinking there is an abundance of water, which is clearly not the case everywhere. 🌳💧

@MarioBeukes-vv1uz Месяц назад

Was there in December 2023, family reunion 😂

@zharkleroux387 Год назад

Thanks

@DustBugsTravel Год назад

Our pleasure, thank you so much for watching! 🚙🤩

@user-kg8io4dm6k Год назад

Maximillian James Jackson was my Great Grandfather

@sammymachaka2509 7 месяцев назад

I enjoyed Kenhardt stayed for a week, extremely hot and the mozzies are on steroids. Love it, such a quite and hospitable area.

@munesumangava9751 Год назад

What is that big truck doing in front of the beautiful church……move!!!!!

@DustBugsTravel Год назад

I think the truck was a breakdown situation. 🚛 I had just as big of an issue with the hall they built on top of that gorgeous church! 💒

@zharkleroux387 Год назад

Beautiful, would like to also specifically hear the names of the the accomodation and pricing. (expat)

@DustBugsTravel Год назад

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed Kenhardt! 🚙😁 We did mention in our video that we stayed over at the Immanuel B & B Kenhardt, perhaps you missed it. I'm not keen to include accommodation rates since they differ depending on how one books, time of year, etc. I'd also like our content to remain current for as long as possible and not be outdated within six months to a year. I'm happy to answer comments though if anyone is interested to know. The normal rate for two people is R750 per night as far as I can remember. 🏡

@wendygreeff205 Месяц назад

Does anyone know the condition of the road between Kenhardt and Putsonderwater? I am planning a road trip in August and would love to revisit Putsonderwater. If the road is like the one going out of town to the dam it would be fine, but 40 years ago my father damaged his car on a terrible gravel road going to Putsonderwater, though I can’t recall if we came from Kenhardt’s side or from the N10 or from Upington as it was so long ago. Of course a lot can change in 40 years. I would appreciate input from anyone who knows, as going across to Kenhardt would shave many kilometres off my onward journey to Calvinia where I have booked accommodation. Kenhardt also looks interesting and I would love to explore it too after seeing this video. Thanks for yet another informative episode. Several other Dustbugs videos have influenced my choice of route for the trip I am planning, and I am really looking forward to seeing so many amazing sights first hand!

@DustBugsTravel Месяц назад

We visited Putsonderwater in Episode 272 and approached from the Marydale side. As always, we travelled in a small sedan and the only obstacle we experienced was a rather big puddle of water which turned out to be quite shallow, so we made it just fine. The road from the Kenhardt side was totally passable too and when we returned two days later, the puddle had all but dried. We always take it super slow on gravel though. Our trip was about 18 months ago, I would imagine the current road conditions would mainly depend on recent rainfall in the area. I suggest you get in touch with both Marydale and Kenhardt SAPS for current info. Happy and safe travels! 🚙😁

@wendygreeff205 Месяц назад

@@DustBugsTravel Thank you. I will do so. Keep the amazing videos coming!

@francoisduplessis2413 Год назад

hi did u guys drive to Mary dale if so how was the road please let me know thanks

@DustBugsTravel Год назад

We didn't drive from Kenhardt to Marydale, but we did several other routes innthe area, which I'll outline for you. We visited Marydale and Draghoender (Episode 271) and drove to Putsonderwater (Episode 272) on a Friday. The road was fair, but there were a few patches of water from obvious recent rains. We made it through fine in a sedan though. On the Sunday we drove from Kenhardt back on the Putsonderwater road (Episode 279) and the road had dried up quite significantly. I've shown quite a bit of the roads in these three episodes, so feel free to have a look. These trips were all done on 10 and 12 February 2023. I hope this helps you. Safe travels! 🚙😁

@marciovries7102 Год назад

When did you guys pass Groblershoop?

@DustBugsTravel Год назад

We visited Groblershoop on Friday, 10 February 2023. 😁🚙

@neilarmitage6632 Год назад

Is there any trade happening in theses small towns

@DustBugsTravel Год назад

There are definitely small shops and a number of accommodation establishments in town. The new solar farm close to the town brings a lot of contractors and business into town and of course agriculture is the main economic driving force in the area. 🐑

@mornebosman8259 Год назад

Good day can I have the specs of your drone please

@DustBugsTravel Год назад

Sure thing! This was my first drone purchase, so I went with an entry-level model, the DJI Mini SE. I'm very happy with it, it does the job for me! 👌🏻

@mornebosman8259 Год назад

Thank you