OK , yeah , yeah , yeah I was still busy with a pictorial of our visit to Kruger in March this year , when we were off to Kgalagadi
The last time we visited this park in 2001 , it was still called Kalahari Gemsbok Park , so , it's being quite a while ........
We made our reservations way back when bookings opened in 2016 , only managing to get 2 nights at Twee Rivieren , 2 nights Kalahari Tented camp , and 2 nights at Mata Mata ( from 17th August for six nights , departing on 23rd August ) .
We left the farm at Worcester on 16th August and stayed over halfway outside Britstown , and were to start our visit in KTP the next day , on 17th August .
Now , somehow , Okiedokie got her dates mixed up , and therefore we were quite surprised , when late afternoon on 16th August , we received a telephone call from KTP , enquiring why we had not checked in at T/Rivieren , which of course is when we found out that we had a made a mistake in our dates . Oops
Told them we are on the way , and certainly will be checking in the next day , and also enquired whether they could perhaps give us another day somewhere else , or whatever .
Nope , the park is full , full , full So , tough luck , we have lost a day
However , when we arrived at check-in the next day , we were told that they could give us an extra day at Twee Rivieren on 22 August
So , as it turned out , nothing was lost , and all well done by KTP reception staff
Well , so much for all the talking , from now on , mainly pictures with little narrative
Kgalagadi reflections
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After checking in at T.Rivieren , we still had time for a short drive up and down the Nossob road .
A little interaction between a PCG and a mongoose .
At Samevloeiing the sun shone directly into the camera lens , but the dust kicked up by the herd of springbok seemed quite interesting
A little interaction between a PCG and a mongoose .
At Samevloeiing the sun shone directly into the camera lens , but the dust kicked up by the herd of springbok seemed quite interesting
Enough is enough
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lost... and recovery one day... that is the class... well done KTP
I also saw a Mongoose follows a PCG, a bit like Honey Badger
I'm ready for more
I also saw a Mongoose follows a PCG, a bit like Honey Badger
I'm ready for more
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Ouch... losing a day in the KTP would be most hurtful to me
Kalahari Gemsbok Park... I'm sure you you didn't have to book 11 months ahead
Back then one could go whenever one felt like it...
Kalahari Gemsbok Park... I'm sure you you didn't have to book 11 months ahead
Back then one could go whenever one felt like it...
God put me on earth to accomplish a certain amount of things. Right now I'm so far behind that I'll never die.
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Hmmm... not quite so mel Only TR was open all year round , and both the roads you could only go as far as the second dune road --- both MM and Nossob camps were closed during summer , November to April . The border post at MM was not open either .
The other thing I must say , is that the roads were in much much better condition than what we found them now .
The two dune roads were basically sand tracks for which you preferably needed 4 x 4 .
Since then , off course they " upgraded " those two road almost into " highways " , but their condition is probably the worst dirt roads I have ever driven in my entire life
In fact , they are so bad , that I do not think I will ever go back to KTP again
The other thing I must say , is that the roads were in much much better condition than what we found them now .
The two dune roads were basically sand tracks for which you preferably needed 4 x 4 .
Since then , off course they " upgraded " those two road almost into " highways " , but their condition is probably the worst dirt roads I have ever driven in my entire life
In fact , they are so bad , that I do not think I will ever go back to KTP again
Enough is enough
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Early morning ( it was minus 1 degree during the night ) , a couple of Bulbuls warming themselves in sun ..
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Gemsbok eating/licking the salty earth
And birds for an early morning drink
And birds for an early morning drink
Enough is enough
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What for those roads to be tarred This rumour has been going on since anons by now.
Just hope they'll never come true, even though I fully understand how people are unhappy with
the state of the roads.
Just hope they'll never come true, even though I fully understand how people are unhappy with
the state of the roads.
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Yay, okie!
Ja, I arrived a day early once....
Eventually they could help us out, well done SANParks!
I like the springbuck against the sun!
Ja, I arrived a day early once....
Eventually they could help us out, well done SANParks!
I like the springbuck against the sun!
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