Keimoes to Home July 1, 2018
De Werf Lodge had nice facilities but that didn't help getting a good nights rest.  They had geese which made an almighty racket anytime anyone walked past them.  It went on the whole night.  We reckon each time a security guard walked past they went off. Add to that the heater in our room buzzed intermittently.  We eventually turned it off preferring a freezing cold night to the intermittent buzzing. We met for breakfast at 7:15am...
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Kgalagadi Finished June 29, 2018
Today was our last day in the park.  We left Mata Mata at 8am and drove down to Twee Rivieren.  It is 120km and we figured that it would probably take us 4.5 hours allowing for stopping for animal sightings.  It took us 3.5 hours because there were no animal sightings. That pretty much summarises the Kgalagadi in our view.  We have heard so many people saying how much they love the Kgalagadi and how great...
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Mata Mata June 29, 2018
At this point all the days are starting to blend into one. We went out for an evening game drive last night (after being reunited with the other members of our group) but didn't really see much. We had a braai again for dinner at the Ws place which is a river front chalet.  River there is not but there is a flood lit watering hole right in front of their chalet. Their 10-year old is...
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Nossob to Bitterpan June 27, 2018
Yesterday we drove from Nossob to Bitterpan and unfortunately left the others behind at Nossob. As it is a very popular time to be in the Kgalagadi, we couldn't all get accommodation in Nossob for both nights and so we went to Bitterpan.  The road to Bitterpan is 4x4 access only and as only two of the group had full 4x4 cars, it meant either the Ws or us.  However, Bitterpan is unfenced and no children...
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Twee Rivieren to Nossob June 25, 2018
We decided to have breakfast and then leave for Nossob this morning.  The drive to Nossob is 160km and given the quality of the roads that is around a 5-6 hour drive.  We left just after 8am with the intention of stopping at the first picnic spot for a break/tea and then the second picnic spot for lunch. Before our first stop we managed to see our first lion of the trip - a male lion...
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Twee Rivieren June 24, 2018
The gates only open at 7:30am as the sun rises only at that time.  It actually felt like a 'lie-in' morning for Helen and I as we are used to getting up much earlier when in a game park. We headed out just after 7:30am and went north (you can only go north though from here) toward Mata Mata. It was pretty cold this AM with the temperature reading 0 degrees C when we left the...
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Calvinia to Twee Rivieren June 23, 2018
We still had around 650km to traverse to get to the Kgalagadi and so we agreed to have breakfast at 7:30am this morning so that we could leave immediately after breakfast and still arrive at a reasonable time at the park to allow ourselves to go for an evening game drive.  Traffic was fortunately pretty sparse and so we made good time in covering the 650kms.  The drive north from Calvinia takes you through semi-arid desert...
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Kgalagadi here we come June 22, 2018
We left today at 10:45am on route to Kgalagadi National Park.  We have 6 nights booked in the park but as it is roughly 1037.7km from our home to the entrance, we decided to split the journey and stop on route in Calvinia.  We have stopped in Calvinia a few times on these routes and we always stay at the same place - Die Blou Nartjie.  So that was where we headed. The traffic was relatively...
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