In assocciation with Kalahari Wildlife Tours
06 Day Kgalagadi – Mabuasehube 4×4 Guided or Guided 4×4 Self-drive Safari Tour
MALARIA FREE AREA!
KGALAGADI / MABUASEHUBE GUIDED SELF-DRIVE
CLIENT: SOUTH AFRICA CITIZENS
Green = Parks & Reserves
Blue = Places of interest
Red = Optional activities
This tour covers 01 Trans Frontier Park
Maximum 06 persons on this tour
DANTES’ PRIVATE TOURS – Guided Tours & Self-drives / Guided 4×4 Self-drives
IN ASSOCCIATION WITH KALAHARI TOURS & TRAVEL
TOUR SUMMARY: BOTSWANA
DAY 01 19/10 Askham – Kgalagadi / Mabuasehube / Mpyathlutwa 02 – Camping
DAY 02 20/10 Kgalagadi / Mabuasehube / Mpyathlutwa 02 – Camping
DAY 03 21/10 Kgalagadi / Mabuasehube / Mpyathlutwa 02 – Camping
DAY 04 22/10 Kgalagadi / Mabuasehube / Mabuasehube 03 – Camping
DAY 05 23/10 Kgalagadi / Mabuasehube / Mabuasehube 03 – Camping
DAY 06 24/10 Departure – Upington
DETAILED ITINERARY
Pre-tour accommodation in Upington can be booked and added to RATES on request
DAY 01 – 19 Oct – Askham – Kgalagadi Park / Mabuasehube Section (Botswana)
Depart at 06:00 from Upington or meet guide at 08:00 at Askham or at 08:30 at Molopo Lodge.
Two guests, Busch, overnight at Askham and will join at 08:00.
Guests from northern parts of South Africa can enter Botswana at Skilpadhek/Pioneer Gate Border Post. Meeting point can be in Tshabong or at Mabuasehube Gate. (To be finalised)
Depart to Gemsbok/Bokspits Border Post. Exit South Africa and enter Botswana. Proceed for 250km on tar road to Tshabong. Refuel. (Next refuel stop in Tshabong on Day 06)
Continue on a 03-hour drive on gravel and sand trail through the Kalahari to the Mabuasehube Section in the far eastern part of the Kgalagadi Trans Frontier Park.
The word Kalahari derives from the word Makgadigadi, meaning salt pans (salt lakes) in the language spoken by the Kgalagadi people living in the Kgalagadi Region in south-western Botswana. The word Kgalagadi means salt pans too in their language. More than 1 000 pans are scattered throughout the park. The Kalahari is the largest area of sand in the world, covering 2.5 million square kilometres from the Orange River in South Africa in the south to slightly north of the equator.
The area referred to as the arid Kalahari covers some 900 000 square kilometres in the south and covers parts of South Africa and Namibia and most of Botswana. The Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park is situated in the southern part of the arid Kalahari in South Africa and Botswana and is jointly managed by South Africa National Parks (Sanparks) and Botswana Wildlife.
The Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park covers 37 000 square km, which is one of the largest conservation areas in the world and one of the last truly unspoilt ecosystems.
Endemic game such as gemsbok, springbok, eland, giraffe, blue wildebeest and red hartebeest roam the sparsely vegetated red sand dunes and the dry river valleys of the Nossob and Auob where a variety of acacia species thrive. All species except giraffe are found in Mabuasehube.
The Park is well known for good sightings of lion, leopard and cheetah and spotted – and brown hyena are common residents. Because of an abundance of prey in the form of mice, whistling rats, birds and insects, smaller predators thrive in the park. The park is home to caracal, honey badger, black-backed jackal, bat-eared fox, cape fox, African wildcat, mongoose and the ever-popular suricate (meerkat).
Kgalagadi is a bird watcher’s paradise with more than 300 species recorded including at least 20 larger raptor species. The world’s heaviest flying bird, the Kori bustard and the stately secretary bird patrol the riverbeds & pans, while the noisy northern black korhaan rule in the dunes.
Mabuasehube has higher annual rainfall and the landscape is bushier than the western side. The campsites are far apart and very private. Mabuasehube campsites are situated on the edge of big pans, some overlooking waterholes.
Pitch Camp. Afternoon game drive if time allows.
Please note that lion and leopard are regular visitors to Mpaythlutwa 02 at night and lions may show up in the day too.
Mpyathlutwa Pan has a waterhole frequently visited by predators from late afternoon until morning and raptors & vultures visit it at noon.
Overnight: Camping at Mpyatlutwa 02 (unfenced, A-frame shade structure, pit toilet, tap with salt water)
Meals: B, L & D (Full Board on all days) MEALS INCLUDED OPTION
Distance: 400 km + game drive
Travel time: 07 hrs + game drive
There is a cold shower at Mpayathlutwa 01 which can be used by guests from Number 02 Campsite
No mobile phone connections. Wi-Fi connection at Mabuasehube Gate
DAY 02 – 20 Oct – Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park / Mabuasehube Section
Morning and afternoon game drives in Mabuasehube.
Overnight: Camping at Mpyatlutwa 02
Distance: 100 km variable
Travel time: 06 hrs variable
DAY 03 – 21 Oct – Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park / Mabuasehube Section
Morning and afternoon game drives in Mabuasehube.
Overnight: Camping at Mpyatlutwa 02
Distance: 100 km variable
Travel time: 06 hrs variable
DAY 04 – 22 Oct – Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park / Mabuasehube Section
Morning game drive.
Pack up camp. Move to Mabuasehube Pan. Pitch Camp.
Afternoon game drive in Mabuasehube.
Overnight: Camping at Mabuasehube 03 (unfenced, A-frame shade structure, pit toilet, no water)
Distance: 100 km variable
Travel time: 06 hrs variable
DAY 05 – 23 Oct – Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park / Mabuasehube Section
Morning and afternoon game drives in Mabuasehube.
Overnight: Camping at Mabuasehube 03
Distance: 100 km variable
Travel time: 06 hrs variable
DAY 06 – 24 Oct – Mabuasehube Section – Upington
Early start. Exit the park at Mabuasehube Gate. Continue to Tshabong. Proceed to Upington via Bokspits/Gemsbok Border Post.
Guests from northern parts of South Africa can take the shorter route via Pioneer Gate/Skilpadhek Border Post.
Guests prepare a packed picnic lunch at breakfast.
Distance: 600 km (To Upington)
Travel time: 09 hrs
Post-tour accommodation in Upington, if needed, can be booked and added to the tour price
Contact us for RATES, PAYMENT DETAILS, INCLUDED & EXCLUDED
E-mail: dantes@kalahari-tours.co.za (office)
liebenbergdantes@gmail.com (Dantes Liebenberg direct)
Mobile: +27 82 579 3344 (Dantes Liebenberg direct & Whatsapp)
+27 82 579 3344 (Office & Elize Liebenberg).
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