The Orange River Canyon does a sharp turn and the resultant spur of rock is called arrow point.
This part of the canyon is in hot dry lands where the rainfall is typically 160 mm per annum.
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Arrow Point
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Maartblomme
Once in about a decade the March Flowers or Maartblomme rise out of the harsh Tankwa Karoo soil and bring colour and life to the dry and harsh landscape. We were fortunate to make the 5 hour trip from Cape Town to Nieuwoudtville to see them.
The flowers seem to congregate in patches as you can see from this picture.
The flowers put out a spike covered by
