Bloemfontein is situated in the Free State and has vast tracts of agricultural lands separating the different towns and place of interest for the tourist. Car hire in Bloemfontein airport is the affordable and simple way of getting around. The city of Bloemfontein boasts of having most of the larger car rental agencies, for all your vehicular needs. Luxury cars to 4x4 campers can be found to make your travels in South Africa pleasurable. Bloemfontein has many dams and water resorts where you can camp or rent a "rondavel" for a more “African feel”.

While in the Free State you may want visit Kimberley. The area’s biggest attraction is still the ""Big Hole”. After the first diamond discoveries, there was a mad rush of prospective miners to the area. What started out as a large hill namely the “Colesberg Koppie” was soon to become the biggest man made hole in South Africa, as the miners stripped and carted off the soil in search of diamonds. The initial houses built in the area by the diamond hunters now form the centre of Kimberley town. Around the former mine a decidedly educational museum has been established built with brilliantly refurbished buildings and a permanent exhibition about the early days of the diamond rush.