These 2 tours give us an insight into the famous Cape Garden Route and compares it with the arid semi-desert Great Karoo. Few countries rival the South African scenic splendour and diversity. Blessed with everything that is most impressive in nature such as spectacular mountains, a prodigious floral kingdom, broad white beaches and a sapphire sea of the Garden Route with the giant open spaces of the semi-desert Karoo. It is no wonder that with the region's impressive share of contrasts, ten of South Africa's National Parks are situated in this southernmost part of the African continent.

The Great Karoo Desert is a vast and unforgiving landscape of which the Karoo National Park is but a small portion. Being the largest ecosystem in South Africa, the Karoo is home to a fascinating diversity of life, all having adapted to survive in these harsh conditions. Karoo National Park is dominated by the lofty Nuweveld mountains and rolling plains, where many species that originally occurred here now occupy their former ranges.