Orania, originally built for construction workers in 1970 on the impressive Orange River Project, stood empty for years until a group of Afrikaners purchased the town with some surrounding land as a pilot project and starting point for Afrikaner settlement and the establishment of an Afrikaner volkstaat.
Orania offers an example of the ‘traditional’ Afrikaner way of life and also demonstrates the ingenuity of a marginalized community with advanced irrigation techniques, implemented in close cooperation with pioneers in Israel, the only fully organic vineyards in Southern Africa and a sophisticated dairy farm and the cultivation and export of Pecan nuts. |
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Business Crescent
Orania 8752
Tel 053 207 0063 |
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Architecture
Orania has a characteristic architecture, with, among others, several buildings built with straw.Cultural History Museum
Includes the Felix Lategan collection of firearms, some dating back to the 18th Century.Irrigation Project
Including greenhouse tunnels, organic vineyard and a dairy farm. |
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Featured Accommodation
| 1. |  | | Afsaal Café Overnight Rooms | | | Tel:(053) 207 0199 | | Guest Houses and Farms, B&B, Orania | |
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| 2. | | | Herberg Oranje | | | Tel:(053) 207 0070 | | Guest Houses and Farms, B&B, Orania | |
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 | Vanderkloof Dam
The hydroelectric power station (one of only two in the country) is built within the dam wall and ca... read more |
 | Khoisan Rock Art
Look under the town information pertaining to the Karoo and you wil find the names of many farms whe... read more |
  | Hopetown | Location: 32km, NW on R369
On 18 February 1854 a town was laid out with a Dutch Reformed Church -... read more |
 | Vanderkloof | Location: SE on R387
Named after the farm on which the Vanderkloof Dam is situated, the tow... read more |
 | Petrusville | Location: 36km, SE on R387
Named after Petrus van der Walt, owner of the farm, Rhenosterberg, the... read more |
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