WELL I managed a good sleep thanks to trusty phenergan (I only took half so I could still get up without struggle at 5:30am). Despite some more noisy neighbours (the curse continues), we both managed to get to sleep pretty quickly – I am pretty sure it was before 8pm! After waking up boiling the […]
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CKGR Day 3: The magic of the Kalahari begins…
Our first full day in the Kalahari and OH MY what an eventful day it was!!! When we arrived my expectations were quite low. I thought we would be lucky to see some lions once or twice and maybe the odd cheetah. I didn’t think you really saw leopard here (like Kgalagadi) but I was […]
Categories: BLOG BOTSWANA CKGR Posted onCentral Kalahari Game Reserve: May 2017
We were SUPER excited to be heading back to Botswana – and even more excited by the prospect of spending a full week in the crazy remote wilderness of the Kalahari. Neither of us had been to CGKR before but the idea of just us, our 4×4 roof top tent and some amazing wildlife was […]
Categories: BLOG BOTSWANA CKGR DESTINATIONS Posted on8-night “Big 5” bucket list African safari experience
It’s time! 2018 is the year you finally tick African safari off your bucket list! And here is the PERFECT 8-night itinerary for you to do so – and all for a super affordable price of AUD$2,900, USD$2,200, GBP £1,700, EUR €1,900 and ZAR32,000 per person if you travel in May or June 2018! (We […]
Categories: ACCOMMODATION ITINERARIES KRUGER SOUTH AFRICA TIMBAVATI WILDLIFE Posted onTimbavati Private Game Reserve, South Africa
Timbavati Private Game Reserve is approximately 53,000 hectares and forms part of the Greater Kruger National Park. That means that animals can roam freely between Kruger National Park (the government owned and run park) and Timbavati, which is privately owned (by multiple land owners), as well as other Greater Kruger reserves like Thornybush and Sabi […]
Categories: ACCOMMODATION SOUTH AFRICA TIMBAVATI Posted onMadikwe Private Game Reserve
Madikwe Private Game Reserve is a 76,000 hectare reserve in the Northwest of South Africa, practically at the Botswanan border (at the edge of the Kalahari). It is a comparatively young reserve, transformed about 25 years ago in 1991 from farmland. When you are driving around the reserve you can still see it is recovering […]
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