Kalahari Farmhouse, Stampriet
The C15 dirt road offers a great alternative to the B1 tar road – it runs roughly parallel to it from about Rehoboth. It's a major Kalahari artery that follows the course of the dry Auob River, and eventually leads you further south-east to the Mata-Mata border post. Unsurprising, since the riverbed and its banks offer the best place to build farmhouses and villages. As soon as you travel west or east of the Auob, you're kneedeep in red dunes.
Of all the villages along the C15, Stampriet is the busiest – maybe because the C20 tar road from Mariental (about 62 km to the west) cuts through here to Aranos (81 km to the east). The well-known Elnatan private school in Stampriet attracts Afrikaans-speaking children from across the country, and the school's sports events bring many people to the village.
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