Visit the largest hand-dug excavation in
the world, the famous Big Hole, and be transported back in time
to the very beginning of Kimberley. The Big Hole is a massive
excavation, 214 meters deep with a surface area of 17 hectares
and a perimeter of 1.6 km.
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The Kimberley
City Hall was built in 1899 just before the start of the
Anglo-Boer War.
It reflects the influence of
Neoclassical architecture in South Africa.
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The Diggers'
Memorial fountain in the Ernest Oppenheimer Gardens was erected
in honour of diggers past and present.
The gardens are a memorial to the
late Sir Ernest Oppenheimer, a mining magnate who was the first
mayor of Kimberley.
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The McGregor Museum houses natural
history and cultural history collections including a botanical
herbarium, zoology collections, a history archive, ethnography
collections, archaeology and rock art collections, physical
anthropology, palaeontology and geology collections.
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Opulent lifestyles, famous people,
unique architecture, entertaining anecdotes and gossip of years
gone by, as well as the ambience of Kimberley's first exclusive
residential suburb are what visitors doing the Belgravia
Historical Walk will be exposed to.
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Home to
cricket team Griqualand West, De Beers Diamond Oval was formerly
the De Beers Country Club and Kimberley Country Club. The 11
000-seater stadium
hosted three matches during the 2003
ICC Cricket World Cup.
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Do helicopter flights over the Big Hole
or fly out to Mattanu Private Game Reserve for some helicopter
game viewing, view the flamingos, Vaal River or Spitskop dam.
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GWK Park the
home of Griquas Rugby team.
This rugby stadium is available for a
host of events and can accommodate 10 000 spectators.
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