TOUR
7
Best of Northern Cape
This unique tour program offers
you only the very best of the Northern Cape. On this tour you will
be visiting some of the most outstanding highlights like the Kgalagadi
Transfrontier National Park, formerly known as the Kalahari Gemsbok
Park, where you will have the breathtaking experience of viewing
big cats like cheetah, leopard and the famous black-maned Kalahari
lion in its natural surroundings. This tour offer also enables you
to lengthen your visit to the Kgalagadi Transfrontier National Park. A
second highlight will be a visit to the Mokakla National Park near
Kimberley where you will see black and white rhinoceros, Cape buffalo,
roan antelope and tsesebe, all which are not to be found in the
Kgalagadi Transfrontier National Park.
The third unique highlight on this tour is visiting the Witsand
Nature Reserve with its widely known roaring sand dunes.
Visiting South Africa's biggest waterfalls, the Augrabies Falls,
also forms a part of this exploration tour program. In Kimberley
you will visit the famous historic Big Hole, well known for diamond
mining during the previous century. This program can be booked as
a Camping or Chalet tour.
TOUR PROGRAM
Day 1:
Leaving Upington we travel to Twee Rivieren where we enter the Kgalagadi
National Park. We overnight in an air conditioned chalet in Twee
Rivieren.
OPTIONAL: Driving further to one the most outstanding
wilderness camps, Kielie Krankie or Urikaruus that are both highly
recommended and will astound you! Both camps are small Kalahari
wilderness camps, accommodating 8 people in 4 double units. Each
unit has its own toilet and shower facilities. Camps are NOT FENCED
which allows you to experience the real Kalahari wilderness. Each
camp is situated on a special spot inside the Park and has a unique
architecture of its own. If you prefer the camping version, we’ll
set up our camp at Two Rivers, the only camp ground on the Botswana
side which is fully equipped. Enjoy dinner around the fire, while
listening to the sounds of the night. Don't be surprised if you
hear lion, hyena, leopard and black backed jackal during the night.
Overnight stay:
Chalet version: Twee Rivieren OPTIONAL:
Kielie Krankie or Urikaruus.
Camping version: Two Rivers
Meals:
Full board
Day 2:
We spend another day in South Africa’s second biggest National Park
where you will find game such as gemsbok, springbok, blue wildebeest
and red hartebeest, which are seen very often. The Park is well
known for good sightings of the famous black maned Kalahari lions
and cheetahs and is a bird watcher’s paradise with more than 20
larger raptor species.
Overnight stay:
Chalet version: Twee Rivieren OPTIONAL:
Kielie Krankie or Urikaruus.
Meals: Full board
NOTE:
You can extend your stay in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier National
Park for as long as you wish. For more information see details on
our web page Tour 1. |
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Day 3:
Returning to Upington we drive further to Augrabies Falls National
Park. En route we visit Tierberg Nature Reserve in Keimoes, from
where one has a beautiful view over the lush green Orange River
Valley. Visiting the water tunnels at Kakamas and paying a visit
to the Augrabies Falls, which is the sixth largest waterfall in
the world when South Africa's largest river, the Orange River, is
in flood, are next on the list. Sightseeing and a game drive to
awesome viewpoints like Ararat and Oranjekom on the Orange River
Gorge, adds to the adventure. Giraffe, springbok, eland and klipspringer
can be seen, while fish eagles and black eagles are common residents.
Overnight stay:
Augrabies Falls
Meals:
Full board
Day 4:
After breakfast we take yet another scenic route via Upington, and
further to Witsand Nature Reserve. Here we find flowing white dunes
- twenty to sixty metres high - surrounded by copper-red Kalahari
sand. This is the home of the famous roaring sands of the Kalahari.
You are more then welcome to climb to the top of a dune. You will
be rewarded for this effort by a magnificent view over the surrounding
beautiful landscape.
Overnight stay:
Witsand Nature Reserve
Meals:
Full board
Day 5:
Today we drive to the capitol of the Northern Cape Province, Kimberley.
OPTIONAL: You have
the opportunity to go on a sightseeing tour of Kimberley’s world
famous symbol, the “Big Hole”. Expect a lot of interesting information
around “A Girl’s best friend”, diamonds! Depending on the kind of
accommodation you have booked:If booking this tour with chalet accommodation,
we drive to “Dronfield Nature Reserve” just outside Kimberley, where
we’ll overnight in beautiful fully equipped chalets. On our way
to Dronfield we pass “Kamfers Dam”, a small lake, habitat of the
biggest flamingo population in South Africa. Tens of thousands of
these beautiful birds can be observed. If booking this tour as a
camping tour, we drive from Kimberley to the Mokala National Park,
about an hour away, where we’ll set up our camp for the next 2 nights.
Overnight stay:
Chalet version: Dronfield Nature Reserve
Camping version: Mokala National Park
Meals:
Full board
Day 6:
From our base camp, either Dronfield Nature Reserve or Mokala National
Park, we undertake various safari drives through the Park where
we will come face to face with the impressive black and white rhinos,
the grim Cape buffalo, the rare roan antelope and tsesebe. This
is a unique experience where you will have the opportunity to view
another two of the big five in their natural habitat. It doesn’t
matter where we overnight, on both overnight options, with a bit
of luck, the same species of game can be observed.
Overnight stay:
Chalet version: Dronfield Nature Reserve
Camping version: Mokala National Park
Meals:
Full board
Day 7:After
breakfast we take you to the Kimberley airport. |
