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The Klein Karoo (Little Karoo) is surrounded by majestic mountains to the south and north. Tourists visit the region because of its distinctive gastrology, the friendliness of its people and the Klein Karoo's picturesque landscape. The Klein Karoo stretches along the the R62 from Barrydale in the west to De Rust in the east. Route 62 meanders between Cape Town and Oudtshoorn, the Garden Route and Port Elizabeth, offering the shorter, scenic alternative to the N2 highway.

Travelling through the Klein Karoo you pass through fruit growing, wine producing and ostrich farming towns such as Oudtshoorn, Calitzdorp, Ladismith, Van Wyksdorp, Barrydale and Uniondale and historic Amalienstein, Zoar, Dysselsdorp and Haarlem.The area is a fine wine-producing region, with a variety of cultivars growing abundantly in the area. The Klein Karoo Wine Route is part of Route 62 (the unique alternative entrance route to the region) and the world’s longest wine route.

The Klein Karoo region is a very unique ecological hotspot where three distinct plant biomes meet. The Swartberg Mountain is South Africa’s most recent world heritage site. Highlights of the region include the Cango Caves and ostrich farms at Oudtshoorn, the Swartberg Pass, Meiringspoort Gorge at De Rust and the wine route

Nature reserves in the Klein Karoo include the Doringrivier Wilderness area near Oudtshoorn, the Gamkaskloof Nature Reserves near Calitzdorp, the Anysberg Nature Reserve near Ladismith and the Swartberg area linking the Klein Karoo to the Groot (Great) Karoo.