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Upington sits deep in the Northern Cape, where the Orange River cuts through an otherwise arid landscape of red dunes, thorn scrub, and relentless Kalahari sun. It's a remote outpost by any measure — one of South Africa's driest towns — yet it serves as the commercial hub for a vast semi-desert region, and it has a golf culture that punches above its weight given its isolation.
Desert Palace is attached to the casino hotel complex that brought a splash of resort ambition to this unlikely corner of South Africa. The combination of a gaming resort and golf course is a familiar formula in regions where you need to give travelers more than one reason to make the drive, and the layout here is designed to offer that full-stay experience rather than catering exclusively to serious competitive golfers.
Playing golf in Upington means contending with heat that can be genuinely extreme in summer, low humidity, and firm conditions that tend to run the ball well. The Orange River scenery provides welcome contrast to the Kalahari flatlands, making the setting more visually interesting than the surrounding terrain might suggest.
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