Askham lies not far from the confluence of the mostly dry Molopo and Kuruman Rivers in the Red Kalahari Desert, about 200 km north of Upington at the junction of the R31 and the R360 roads.

The village is located in the belt of the irrigated green land that surrounds the Orange River, as it flows North-West through the Kalahari toward the Namibian border and the Richtersveld area of Namaqualand.

[3] The settlement of Askham developed around a school boarding house, built in 1931, and the Dutch Reformed Church of Askam, which serves the entire Kalahari region.

Their descendants can be found today producing and selling authentic handicrafts such as bow and arrows, beads made out of ostrich egg shells and animal skin bags.

Local guides from the Askham village host guests with storytelling sessions, gathering medicinal plants and teaching traditional skills such as archery and arts and crafts.