Travel Guide Pofadder

If you say to a South African that you went to Pofadder, he could burst out laughing. This lost hole is the subject of many jokes in big cities. The town is located in the centre of the Karakuls sheep rearing area. In the best years, precipitation reaches 50 mm, four times less than in the Kalahari Park. The slightest movement demands a superhuman effort, 55 ° C in the shade.In the city centre is the building of an important Catholic mission of the congregation Saint-François de Sales, based in Troyes. Following the R 358, the Namibian border is reached in Onseepkans, 52 km north. It is a beautiful road that crosses a kokerboom forest (aloe or quiver tree). Onseepkans produces water melons.