If you are arriving into Kimberly Airport and require a car then search for a low cost car hire Kimberly deal right here today. In the Northern Cape of South Africa you will find the city of Kimberly. The area is best known for its diamond trade. Most visitors will already be aware of an area which is referred to as the “Big Hole”. This is a hole which was dug by hand by people desperately searching for diamond towards the end of the nineteenth century. By the year 1915 over two thousand and seven hundred kilograms of diamonds were found.
Kimberly Airport is a small airport offering a handful of domestic routes. On average it deals with around one hundred and thirty thousand passengers annually. It is also an important outlet for cargo flights. It is situated 6 kilometres from Kimberly City Centre.
There are six firms with car hire desks at the airport. We compare prices to find you the cheapest deal. Bloemfontein is just a one hundred and sixty kilometre drive from Kimberly.
A must visit when in Kimberly is the Open Mine Museum which can be found on the west side of the big hole. Here you can get a truly fascinating insight into Kimberly’s past. The first ever diamond to be officially discovered in South Africa (Eureka) can be seen here. There are also reconstructions of old buildings as well as fun interactive games such as searching for diamonds in gravel and virtual diamond mining presentations.
Flamingo Island is well, as you might expect home to birds of the same name. It can be found at Kamfers Dam which is a short seven kilometre drive in your Kimberly car hire. Here you can get a close up look at the rare Lesser Flamingo. This is the only location in the country where you these birds are breed.