Jagersfontein
The tiny town of Jagersfontein in the Xhariep Region of the Western Free State has a rich and notable history that once formed a solid foundation for the town’s value as a tourist destination, but, sadly, no more. Jagersfontein had a place on the map not only as the oldest diamond mining town in the world, and the source of the world famous blue ‘Jager’ diamonds, but also as the location of the world’s biggest man-made hole – the open cast diamond mine that is bigger than the f...