Neighbours, looking out for each other

Friends of the Karoo started with a simple idea: the guesthouses, farm stalls, cellars, makers and guides of the Karoo are better together. When visitors find one of us, they should find all of us.

We're a small, local team. We run markets across the valley, share our members on Instagram, and keep this directory honest, fast and easy to find on Google, so that a traveller searching for somewhere to stay in De Rust or a lunch spot in Calitzdorp lands on a real local business.

Our founding properties are listed free as anchors of the community. Everyone else pays one fair yearly fee that keeps the lights on and the markets running.