Owl House, NieuBethesda, Eastern Cape

Just outside the dusty little dorp (small town) in the middle of the Karoo desert is a fascinating/ creepy (depending on your perspective) museum dedicated to owls.

A reclusive woman called Helen Martins returned to her remote family home in 1928 in her early thirties. After her parents died in the 1940s, she – along with builder Koos Malgas who interpreted her unusual ideas from the 1960s onwards – set about transforming her home and garden into what became known as the Owl House and Camel Yard.

Hundreds of exotic concrete and glass statues of owls, wise men and camels abound, drawing visitors from all over to this little village of just 1,000 people. theowlhouse.co.za