After careful evaluation, the committee has chosen Province of Northern Cape as the winner in the category:

Naturalistic Destination

The clear blue skies, brilliant starlight evenings, the red and white sand of the Kalahari, the mountains of the province, the unique flora and fauna and the people of the Northern Cape Province invite you on a journey to discover hidden treasures.
In the Northern Cape you will find a unique escape in the remoteness, and the rugged splendor of one of the most beautiful regions of Southern Africa.
The Northern Cape is an outdoor enthusiast’s haven. With its teeming wildlife, unique flora and endless horizons it’s a destination that visitors want to be part of, not just look at.
It is a land of many diverse cultures, of frontier history and brave missionaries with countless challenges for the adventurer.
Much of life and adventure is dependent on the sweeping tide of the Orange Rive, a 2000 km stretch of natural magnificence.
When you have traveled endless plains of dust, gashed by bright splashes of brilliant green signaling the presence of either the Orange or the Vaal, you will wonder at the power of a rive able to cut its way through such arid territory to form islands of splendor.
And the Kalahari desert is like a colossal sweeping river of another kind. Its red shifting sands that were once rippling and moving are now mostly stable and, surprising to most, supports hundreds of diverse species of flora and fauna.
When exploring the unspoilt Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, which is bigger than many countries, you will be able to feel a silence that few have experienced.
You will soon realize that this is a destination that you cannot just read about or just drive through, but a destination that you have to participate in.
The Northern Cape’s vastness is an everlasting challenge to eco-adventurers who are keen to explore. From its endless, flower carpeted flatlands and scrub-covered plain to the jagged edges and convoluted folds of molten mountains, it is a land of haunting natural beauty.
Visitors are rewarded with experiences that press on their minds.
The open, often unpopulated spaces of the Northern Cape call them back time and again to hike its rugged trails, shoot its turbulent rapids, fish its living rivers, sail its sapphire skies, explore its many back-roads, view its splendid game, revel in its unusual flora and explore the brooding chamber so its worked out mines.
Discover the Northern Cape for real adventure, a province as real as the people who choose to explore it.