Kamfers Dam

#105 among destinations in South Africa

Nature, Natural attraction, Lake

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Kamfers Dam is a privately owned permanent water body of 400 ha, situated to the immediate north of Kimberley, South Africa. The wetland was originally an ephemeral pan, often dry and dependent on rain water. In recent times its water level rose due to the input of constant runoff and treated water from the growing city of Kimberley. ()

Local name: KamferdamElevation: 3806 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 28°40'28"S, 24°45'44"E

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Northern CapeSouth Africa

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Kamfers Dam – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: McGregor Museum, William Humphreys Art Gallery, Duggan-Cronin Gallery, Big Hole.

5.3 miS
Museum, Specialty museum, History museum
McGregor Museum, Kimberley
136 min walk • The McGregor Museum in Kimberley, South Africa, originally known as the Alexander McGregor Memorial Museum, is a multidisciplinary museum which serves Kimberley and the Northern Cape, established in 1907.
4.8 miS
Museum, Art gallery, Shopping
William Humphreys Art Gallery, Kimberley
123 min walk • The William Humphreys Art Gallery, in Kimberley, South Africa, was opened in 1952 and named after its principal benefactor, William Benbow Humphreys.
5.2 miS
Museum, Art gallery, Shopping
Duggan-Cronin Gallery, Kimberley
133 min walk • The Duggan-Cronin Gallery, which is a satellite of the McGregor Museum in Kimberley, South Africa, houses in part the legacy in photographs and ethnographic artefacts of the photographer Alfred Martin Duggan-Cronin. It occupies a former dwelling known as The Lodge.
4.4 miS
Massive hand-dug diamond mine pit
Big Hole, Kimberley
114 min walk • The Kimberley Mine or Tim Kuilmine is an open-pit and underground mine in Kimberley, South Africa, and claimed to be the deepest hole excavated by hand, although this claim is disputed.
4.2 miS
Memorial
Northern Cape Heritage Resources Authority, Kimberley
108 min walk • The Northern Cape Heritage Resources Authority, previously called Ngwao Boswa jwa Kapa Bokone, and commonly known as 'Boswa', is a provincial heritage resources authority established in 2003 by the MEC for Sport, Arts and Culture in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa...
5.3 miS
Memorial
Honoured Dead Memorial, Kimberley
136 min walk • The Honoured Dead Memorial is a provincial heritage site in Kimberley in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. It is situated at the meeting point of five roads, and commemorates those who died defending the city during the Siege of Kimberley in the Anglo-Boer War.
4.7 miS
Church
St Cyprian's Cathedral, Kimberley
121 min walk • The Cathedral Church of St Cyprian the Martyr, Kimberley, is the seat of the Bishop of the Kimberley and Kuruman, Anglican Church of Southern Africa. The building was dedicated in 1908, becoming a Cathedral when the Synod of Bishops mandated formation of the new Diocese of Kimberley and Kuruman in October 1911.
4.9 miS
Museum, History museum
Sol Plaatje Museum, Kimberley
126 min walk • The Sol Plaatje Museum and Library is in Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa, in a house where Solomon T. Plaatje lived during his last years at 32 Angel Street, Malay Camp. It was here that Plaatje wrote Mhudi.
4.8 miS
28°44'36"S • 24°46'30"E
Queens Park Kimberley, Kimberley
124 min walk • Park
3.7 miS
Sport, Sport venue
De Beers Stadium, Kimberley
95 min walk • The De Beers Stadium in Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa was the home ground of the Griqualand West cricket team from 1927 to 1973. It staged a total of 88 first-class matches, in all of which Griqualand West was the home team.
4.9 miS
Universities and schools
Sol Plaatje University, Kimberley
125 min walk • The Sol Plaatje University, which had provisionally been referred to as the University of the Northern Cape, opened in Kimberley, South Africa, in 2014, accommodating a modest initial intake of 135 students. The student complement is expected to increase gradually towards a target of 7 500 students by 2024.