Many friends who have been to the park before have told me how much they love the place... so what would it actually be like? We knew the sightings would be more sparse than say Kruger, and the roads were somewhat limited in comparison to the variety of loops and routes available in other places. Either way, we had to go check it out for ourselves!
D had a cricket tournament that disrupted the plans slightly, so we were only able to leave later on the Saturday that the holidays started. Once his game was done we hit the road and took a route through Graaff-Reinet, Murraysburg, Victoria West then on via Britstown to Groblershoop where we overnighted... most of the route was entirely new to us, but the roads were good and incredibly quiet.
The N10 from Britstown north involved very few turns
But we picked up plenty of bugs en-route
Our overnight stay was a farm by the Orange river... nice views over the river the next morning
Our progress towards Upington was delayed due to a tow truck trying to retrieve another truck that had rolled into a ditch.
Fortunately for us, the process came to a swift stop as their winch cable snapped so the road was clear again in no time. We stopped in Upington for supplies and crossed the rather blue-looking Orange river on the way into town
Before long, signs suggested we were getting closer
And with excitement we arrived and did the check-in thing which takes a bit longer than other places what with the extra paperwork used to check you into the park on a per-drive basis
And then on to the camp area to set up in what was now 37 degrees
nan... great to have you along
