NORTHERN CAPE ACCOMMODATION POFADDER
POFADDER
Pofadder, a sheep farming town, lies 170km from Springbok, and is well-known to geologists and mineralogists because of the many interesting geological deposits found here. After the rains, the area is carpeted with colourful wild flowers.
A mission station was founded here by Reverend Christian Schröder in 1875. The town was named after a Koranna chief Klaas Pofadder, who was gunned down by farmers. Settlers, lured by a perennial spring, sank their roots into the parched earth from 1889 onwards.
The first plots surveyed were sold in 1917. Pofadder has several old buildings, one being the Roman Catholic Church. Built by the mission, it runs a blockmaking enterprise, a chicken farm and a dairy, giving employment to the poor. There are many day walks and, in spring, a wonderworld of plants carpets the veld.
ACTIVITIES AND ATTRACTIONS:
Dutch Reformed & Catholic Churches
With its mixture of old and and new architecture its worth a visit.
Pofadder Hiking Trail
Tel 054 933 0066
TOURIST INFORMATION:
Municipality
Tel 054 933 0066
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ACCOMMODATION IN POFADDER
More than 80 establishments
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