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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5 reasons you should visit Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
So you may recently have read through my astonishingly entertaining trip report of our 12 night stay in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park in March 2017. Or, even more likely, you didn’t (but you totally should). Regardless, I’m here to give you five simple reasons why YOU HAVE TO VISIT KGALAGADI. Like now. Well, maybe not […]
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We were very excited to spend two nights in Thornybush Game Reserve as neither Van nor I had ever been there before! We had heard various reports of them dropping their fences to Timbavati (and thus becoming part of the Greater Kruger), but on the way there Van was confident the fences were still up, […]
Categories: ACCOMMODATION DESTINATIONS SOUTH AFRICA THORNYBUSH Posted onKgalagadi Trip: Days 13-14 (the end)
Finally after reading about the first few days of our Kgalagadi trip, then days 4-6, then days 7-9, then days 10-12 YOU ARE FINALLY AT THE END OF THE TRIP REPORT. Hold your horses and sit yourself down, microwave some popcorn and get ready to find out how this amazing tale ends…. Day 13: Lions […]
Categories: BLOG KGALAGADI SOUTH AFRICA Posted onKgalagadi Trip: Days 10-12
Thanks for tuning in. Hopefully by now you have already read about our Kgalagadi trip days 1-3, Days 4-6 and Days 7-9. If not, do that bit of homework first! If you have, then feel free to read on and hear about how our amazing adventures continue in the magic of the Kgalagadi! Day 10: […]
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Hopefully by now you have read my Kgalagadi recaps for Days 1-3 and Days 4-6. If so, you are allowed to continue on. If not, I will be upset if you don’t first read them. I might even cry. Day seven: And ne’er again shall Cara make decisions Where were we? We had just left […]
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