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The Big Hole
Kimberley’s Big Hole is a vast former diamond-mine excavation. A visitor centre and viewing platform pair mining history with the physical scale of the pit.
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Kimberley’s former diamond-mine excavation makes the scale of mining history immediately visible. The visitor centre provides context before the viewing platform reveals the vast pit. The platform turns the mine’s scale into something immediately visible, while the centre supplies the context for what was removed from the ground.
What to look for
Former diamond-mine excavation
Viewing platform and visitor centre
Useful to know
Use the visitor centre and viewing platform.
Use the viewing platform to relate the visitor-centre history to the excavation’s scale.
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Estimated · Declared scenario and planning estimates; no live opening, weather, queue or booking service.
Outdoor visit · 45–90 min
World planning estimate; admission, opening, visit duration and access need checking.
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