Kgalagadi Wild Cat Camping Adventure: 5 days

Proposed Itinerary

DAY 1: Upington to Kgalagadi

On the first day of your trip you will depart from Upington to the largest camp in Kgalagadi Trans Frontier Park for an afternoon game drive in this 37 000 square km park, which is one of the largest conservation areas in the world and one of the last truly unspoiled 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. The Park is also well known for sightings of lions, leopards, cheetahs and spotted brown hyena. 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 badgers, black-backed jackals, bat-eared foxes, cape foxes, African wildcats, mongoose and the ever-popular suricate (meerkat).

Accommodation : Rooiputs camping. Meals : BD

DAY 2 Kgalagadi Trans Frontier Park

The second day of your trip starts with a game drive to the Polentswa Camp on the Botswana side north of Nossob Camp. This remote campsite overlooks the vegetated Polentswa Pan and is known for beautiful sunsets. Once night falls, you will enjoy the sounds of nature as the owls, hyenas and other wildlife howl in the beautiful African moonlight.

Accommodation : Polentswa camping. Meals : BD

DAY 3 Kgalagadi Trans Frontier Park

For day three you will continue to explore Kgalagadi Trans Frontier Park even further north and try to focus on spotting animals you may not have come across yet. Then you will return to the Polentswa Camp to relax for the evening.

Accommodation : Polentswa camping. Meals : BD

DAY 4 Kgalagadi Trans Frontier Park

After breakfast on the fourth day of your trip, you will head back down to the south end of the park for a game drive and then you can enjoy a leisurely evening at your Rooiputs camp.

Accommodation : Rooiputs camping. Meals : BD

DAY 5: Kgalagadi - Upington

For your fifth day you will go on a game drive till midday. Then you will depart back to Upington. En route we stop at the last indigenous San tribe in South Africa , the Khomani. Today these earliest residents of the Kalahari, living here for 40 000 years, consist of only 400 people and are residents in an area between 40 and 70 km south of Twee Rivieren. Clients will have the opportunity to view and purchase their handcraft at one of the roadside stalls.

Accommodation : None. Meals : B

NOTE: This is a sample itinerary and may be altered to accommodate changes in field conditions.