After centuries of relative isolation, the Karoo – South Africa's parched heartland – is a latecomer to the tourist industry. What was once viewed as a harsh and desolate place of limited attraction is rapidly gaining popularity with visitors who now make the Karoo their destination, keen to partake of its legendary charm, its extraordinary flora and the resurgence of wildlife that once again populates its plains.
Wild Karoo documents Mitch Reardon's 4,000-kilometre journey of discovery through the region. The book focuses on local nature conservation, the game and the unique, arid-adapted flora as well as the landscape, geology and history.