Sutherland
The tiny town of Sutherland is well known as the coldest place in South Africa in mid-winter. It is also called the ‘Gateway to the Universe’ as it is the location of the most powerful telescope in the Southern Hemisphere – SALT.
The Sutherland Observatory takes advantage of the local climate and remoteness of the Upper Karoo – an area that is flat and arid, and therefore cloudless, for most of the year and also very undeveloped with clear unpolluted and very dark skies &...
Visiting Sutherland?
Stargazing at Sterland Farm, Sutherland, Northern Cape Karoo
Take Tour of the Milky Way at the Sterland Farm just outside Sutherland. Stars to Midnight is held once a month on New Moon
Caught between space & time
It's that cold town with the big telescope, a mere speck in the vast Karoo landscape. Are stargazing and the promise of snow ...
