Naval Hill Backpackers
One of the coolest backpackers in the world! Situated in an old water pump station, bordered by a nature reserve, Accommodation, from doubles to camping,
Shuttles to Lesotho accompanied with detailed information about "The Mountain Kingdom", Wood Burn Pizzeria with an Italian zest, Great breakfasts, Barbeque packs and the wood to make it
sizzle ...
Bloemfontein, Afrikaans and Dutch for "fountain of Bloem (bloom)" or "flower fountain" is one of South Africa's three capital cities, along with Pretoria and Cape Town. Bloemfontein serves as the judicial capital, as well as the capital of the Free State province. The city's Sesotho name is Mangaung, meaning "the place where cheetahs dwell". Bloemfontein is popularly and poetically known as "the city of roses", owing to the abundance of these flowers and the annual rose festival held there. Although Bloemfontein has a reputation for its flowers in an otherwise arid region, the city's name is alleged by some to refer to Jan Bloem (1775-1858), a Korana Griqua leader whose people inhabited (and still inhabit) parts of the Free State and Northern Cape. Others see this proposition as a conceit, a manifestation of Political correctness and a retrospective reconstruction of history. The British Colonial Authotities did not have a great track record of naming places after local aborigines.
