Africa Wild

There are some very subjective arguments/discussions we all get involved in

Canon or Nikon
Landrover or Landcruiser
BMW or Mercedes
Shower or Bath

Grootkolk or Urikaruus

We have seen what Grootkolk has to offer, so what about Urikaruus - here we go.

Urikaruus is a wilderness Camp situated on the bank of the Auob Riverbed and is roughly mid-way between Twee Rivieren and Mata Mata.



Four cabins built on stilts are ideally situated to get a clear view of the waterhole. The cabins are built on two levels and you can keep an eye on the waterhole from the deck of the kitchen or the balcony of the bedroom.





This camp has the best waterhole in the Park. It is relatively close to the cabins and easy to watch and great for photography.



Large Camelthorn trees surround the camp and are the ideal hideaway for lanners to swoop down on doves that come in for a drink.
The yelping of the jackals and bat-eared foxes will alert you to the arrival of the leopard that comes in so silently that you would miss him if they did not sound the alarm.

There is a resident Cape Fox (Charlie Fax) den in the Camp, close to Cabin 4. Watch out for her pups early mornings and evenings when they come out to play.

Hyenas have a den close to Urikaruus as well and come regularly to the waterhole to cool off. It can get interesting when the hyenas meet up with a lion when he comes in the drink and they are around as well.

Wait to see all your pics and hear your stories about Urikaruus and surrounds

We first stayed in the Wilderness camps (all except Gharagab) in December 2009. We were staying in Tented Camp and were going to stay in Urti two days later. So here we are driving south and we had a great lion sighting at Sitzas. We continue south and a these guys were coming out from Urikaruus and ask us if we had seen anything so we tell them about the lions at Sitzas. Just south of Uri we see this - our first major sighting at/near Uri

Wanda wrote:Lovely intro and superb lion sighting and pix Duke!
Nights at U are as scarce as hen's teeth these days!

For sure Wanda - definitely the most difficult camp to get booking for.

One of the cobras:



And a very special early Xmas present(Dec 2008):

Wow Wanda, a very special Xmas present

What a nice bunch of cubs

Urikaruus is a great camp, but then I have not visited Grootkolk

24.12.2010

maybe you should tell that there are rats inside the units as well

2007.. the old cabins with the mosquitonet and canvas

and the kitchen too