Valley of Desolation
The Valley of Desolation is a rocky defile in South Africa. It is a natural monument of special geological significance. This attraction is located 14 km from Graaff-Reinet on the R63 main road to Murraysburg.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Valley with an elevation of 957 metres
- Description: rocky defile in Camdeboo National Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa
- Also known as: “Vallei van Verlatenheid”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Camdeboo National Park and Spandaukop.
Camdeboo National Park
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Camdeboo National Park is in Karoo Heartland of South Africa. It is most famous for the Valley of Desolation, where breathtaking cliffs and columns of rock form a haven for dozens of birds species.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Graaff-Reinet and Adendorp.
Graaff-Reinet
Photo: AerialcamSA, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Graaff-Reinet is a town of 36,000 people in the Karoo Heartland. A touch of history wafts around the old houses, the small church and the busy main street of Graaff-Reinet.
Adendorp
Suburb
Adendorp is a village 8 km south of Graaff-Reinet, in the Sundays River Valley. Named after the former owner of the farm, N J Adendorff, who sub-divided it into smallholdings in about 1858. Municipal status was attained in 1878.
Kroonvale
Suburb
Graaff-Reinet is a town in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. It is the oldest town in the province and the fourth oldest town in South Africa, after Cape Town, Stellenbosch, Simon's Town, Paarl and Swellendam.
Valley of Desolation
- Category: landform
- Location: Eastern Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-32.26718° or 32° 16′ 2″ southLongitude
24.49318° or 24° 29′ 36″ eastElevation
957 metres (3,140 feet)Open location code
4GV6PFMV+47OpenStreetMap ID
node 2150474854OpenStreetMap feature
natural=valley
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to German—“Valley of Desolation” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Vallei van Verlatenheid”
- Cebuano: “Vallei van Verlatenheid”
- German: “Tal der Trostlosigkeit”
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