Kleinmond is within easy driving distance from Cape Town, along the scenic coastal road known as R44 or Clarence Drive, Kleinmond is a peaceful little village endowed with some of the coast’s most natural beauty. It lies within the UNESCO declared Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve, which supports over 1600 species of fynbos, of which 150 are endemic.

Kleinzee is easy to find. Take the N7 from Cape Town, travel for about 560 km and then veer left at Springbok, following the course of the Skaap River, which merges with Buffels River on its way to the sea. Set on the coast, Kleinzee (sometimes referred to as Kleinsee) was a diamond mining town, tourists visited as part of the diamond route. Until De Beers closed their mining operations. By the end of 2011 the 370 houses in Kleinzee were mostly empty and the town's population had dwindled from about 7000 to 1000. The media spoke about it as a 'ghost town'.

Koingnaas is a Town in Namakwa District Municipality in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. Established in 1970, Koingnaas was once a flourishing diamond-mining town, but after De Beers departed the population has fallen rapidly from its peak of about 1,000 inhabitants to approximately 105, according to a Census taken in 2011. A gravel road leads to this small mining town. Koingnaas is in a restricted area and day visitors need to fill in a register and present an ID at the gate office. It is a typical mining town…small, with the bare necessities.