The Karoo is arid and gives an impression of a desert like place, hinting at a low number of animals and birds. However, this impression is all wrong. The birding and wildlife here is superb, and the area is also floristically very diverse too. We enjoyed several days watching Cape Mountain Zebras prowling the "plains", flash lighting an Ardwolf on a night drive, and checking out some really special birds, like an Africa Rock Pipit crawling through the shrubbery, a Short-toed Rock-thrush standing guard, the distinctly unbunting-like Lark-like Bunting, and a sprightly Cinnamon-breasted Warbler hopping along the burnt orange rocks near the pass.