End of March and in April we travelled more than 1700 km to visit three National Parks in SA in the arid regions. Our journey took us from our home in Mpumalanga to the most north-western corner of our country at the mouth of the Orange river and back with a detour to Kgalagadi Transfrontier park. We crossed over SA borders into Namibia at Sendelingsdrift on a pontoon and at Rietfontein back to South Africa for the last leg at Kgalagadi.
Our trip took us to the following parks and places:
Augrabies Falls NP - first stop
Port Nolloth and McDougall's Bay - drive pass
/Ai / Ais-Richtersveld Transfrontier park (both sides) - 4 days
Southern Namibia - 1 day
Kgalagadi Transfrontier park - 7 days
Augrabies Falls NP: Day 1 (28 March 2015)
Our first overnight stop was at Augrabies at The Falls Guest House outside the park. The park is about 128 km south of Upington and we reached Augrabies late afternoon with still enough time for a quick day trip to see the falls. We still wanted to visit the park the next morning, but due to late opening time for day visitors rather decided to leave early reaching our next stop, Sendlingsdrift not too late. That was a good move because after 4 pm the fuel station closes and you can then only fill up after 8 am.
http://www.thefallsaugrabies.com/gallery.php
When planning a visit rather book for a 2 night stay and stay within the park to capture the beautiful sunsets / sunrise and to explore the game driving section.
The Falls:
Late afternoon at Ararat Lookout
Klipspringers near Ararat Lookout:
End of Day 1.
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Re: /Ai/Ais-Richtersveld April 2015
Jolly good!
The river looks a bit low?
The river looks a bit low?
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Re: /Ai/Ais-Richtersveld April 2015
Great start and a very long trip you had
Next trip to the bush??
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Re: /Ai/Ais-Richtersveld April 2015
Richprins wrote:Jolly good!
The river looks a bit low?
That time of the year is usually record levels, but not this year and a bit disappointed. If you compare the monthly flow to last year about 7 times less and record in 2011 was 27 times more. Rainfall this year was not very good, so won't be strange to she load shedding for water in a year or two unless it improves.
Record of Water volumes passing Upington per month.
201101 7214
201102 5454
201103 2309
201104 2663
201105 2092
201106 2593
201403 1354
201404 538
201501 158
201502 168
201503 202
201504 251
201505 237
201506 194
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Should have posted a while back already.Alf wrote:Great start and a very long trip you had
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Eish...watershedding coming up all over....unless Lesotho helps more!
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Re: /Ai/Ais-Richtersveld April 2015
I was there too... and less water than you had
right must go to the end of the park, the second part, after the tunnel was much more crowded with animals
and the landscapes were astonishing
to awake some beautifull souvenirs from this part of SA
right must go to the end of the park, the second part, after the tunnel was much more crowded with animals
and the landscapes were astonishing
to awake some beautifull souvenirs from this part of SA
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We were there in December and there wasn't much water, but it is nice to see the falls in any case
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Re: /Ai/Ais-Richtersveld April 2015
You certainly make the most of our lovely country. Great pics of the falls.