The Karoo

Our train took us across the Karoo, 100's of miles of semi arid land reminding us a lot of Wyoming or maybe Kansas. The primary industry being sheep and the occasional herd of cattle. A stark contrast to what us Portlanders are used to. We did see occasional families of baboon, gazelle and ostrich. But in general the Karoo doesn't have much indigenous animal life left after several hundred years of ranching. It is the end of the growing season here and many ranchers have set parts of their land on fire. You can see the brown tint in some of the photos. We were very happy to see the western mountains and vineyards. A sign that Cape Town wasn't too far distant.