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Calvinia

Calvinia

Find property for sale in Calvinia, a town founded on the picturesque Oorlogskloof River in South Africa’s Northern Cape. Named after the religious reformer, John Calvin, the area lies at the foot of the dolerite-topped Hantam Mountains. The properties for sale in Calvinia include residential houses and homes, as well as smallholdings and commercial farms to buy in the outlying areas.

Calvinia is the Namakwa region’s key growthpoint and renowned as one of South Africa’s largest wool producing areas. Like neighbouring Sutherland, those who buy property here will experience 80 percent starlight, which makes for one of the most beautiful night skies ever to be seen. This has become quite an attraction for city dwellers and astronomers, just as botanists and horticulturists flocking here for the rare sterboom.

There are a number of interesting routes in the Calvinia