Car Hire Upington Airport

Upington is located in the Northern Cape region, 840 metres above sea level, at the foot of the Orange River in South Africa. Upington, a town with vast green spaces, with the largest Dattelpalme Avenue in the southern hemisphere, was created in the midst of a dry semi desert landscape through allocation of water of the Orange River. Wine is grown and others in the 280 km of fertile irrigation along the River. The Kalahari desert is located in the background of Upington. Among the sights in the village which among other "Kalahari Orange Museum".

For those who travel by car in the direction of Kalahari, Namibia or Botswana, Upington is the last place where you can buy fresh fruit, vegetables, and everyday goods.

With a car, you can make wonderful excursions in the surrounding area to some national parks. To the popular destinations, which among "Augrabies National Park", 120 km from Upington, with deep ravines and the Augrabies falls (60 metres).13 km north of Upington the 5000 hectare nature reserve "Spitskop", located among others with Gazelles, zebras, wildebeest, camels and ostrich. Among the highlights of national parks including the is one of 90000 HA "Tswallu Kalahari nature reserve" with more than 12000 animals such as the scimitar Oryx, roan antelope, rhino and Wasserbüffels. It is 260 km from Upington to one of the largest national parks with 3.6 million hectares, the "Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park", including lions, leopards, antelopes, marine cats, and many other wild animals. A popular tourist destination continues to be the "big hole" in Kimberley, a 365 m deep site of diamonds.