A stop at the picnic spot at Dikbaardkolk and off we went over the sand duns…. here’s a Google Earth screen shot of the area… marvellous…
And at Kamqua we found Hyena (a lot of them) resting in the shade… next to the Auob River, we had been travelling next to the Nossob river which is the country border with Botswana… (click here to see the Wikitravel entry about the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park) this is a very informative entry…
The Auob river is dry, but from evidence there is water below surface and there are many water holes which I will talk about in later posts…
Would we even think of doing that… Noooooooooo not us…. and then we reached our tent…. with magnificent views of the Auob river..
MORE ABOUT THE TENT AND CAMP TOMORROW… SEE YOU….
That is not a place for me … too remote … no shopping malls insight and no KFC neither. * laughing .. and that with not feeding the animals .. I have seen already, was a bit of a joke. I don’t think you would have put your fingers out if a lion had come along. *smile Brilliant trip.
Might not have been standing on the stoep if the Lion had of called in for a snack.. that’s for sure… there is a little shop where one can buy the basics… but if you take my son with and he supplies the food.. you won’t miss KFC.. what he can do with a fire and a piece of Kalahari lamb… you won’t even miss a good restaurant…
You have really made me crave for that lamb of yours. *smile
Was only joking about the shopping mall – but I’m sure you understood that. *smile
I did…
The idea of a notice saying not to feed animals and the opportunity of a hungry lion getting into a tent makes me smile.
I wonder if the lion comes in and eats you, if you could be had for feeding the lions….
I’ve never heard of a Secretary Bird. Quite unique, but then almost all the animals and birds you share are unique! I really enjoyed the view from Google Earth. It certainly tells the story of the scale and proportion of how vast the area!
Thank you.. I will be posting on the secretary bird.. an African bird with very interesting mannerisms .. I must add the Google Earth more often I forget that half the places I go to .. even Google Eath has trouble finding the names…
Love the scenery pictures…it looks like a wonderful place. I am particularly fond on desert so this would be a place I would like…thanks for bringing me there. (Suzanne)
If you love deserts this is the place for you.. not quite the totally desolate place of some .. but it does have all the shifting sands and beauty of desolation…
So much land. So much to discover. Great pictures!
I feel a bit like the proverbial discoverer who is running out of time to do all I want to, and to visit all the places I want to…
Che colori splendidi ha la sabbia, con cambiamenti molto forti!!
Ciao, Pat
Thanks Pat.. the colour changes as one drives over the dunes is unbelievable… and how quick it changes from one to the other… as though there is a line drawn in the sand…
Just want to say at this juncture, thank you for including maps; for those of us who’ve not travelled much it definitely helps!
I thought it might.. specially with all these odd names that Google Earth can probably not even find…
I feel like I’m looking at scenes from a movie….absolutely, JUST AMAZING!!
It is probably very similar to those areas in the USA where they make the films…
This looks like rather inhospitable turf. Where’s the nearest 5-star hotel?
Wow 5 star.?? we don’t have many of them in our country… probably 1000 km away… I actually thought the tented camp was 5 star…
Well, then, there you go! But are you sure it wasn’t a 5-flap tented camp?
a 5 flap tent camp it was…
Again, a wonderful series. The secretary bird is pretty interesting. It looks fairly desolate out there. Are there many other people around? I’m really enjoying your series. Thanks.
The area is so vast that you don’t see many others as you travel around…. that’s what makes it so special.. I think it’s only like minded people that go there… wonderful almost got the place to yourself… thanks for complement glad you’re enjoying the series.. the secretary bird is endemic to parts of Africa and I will be doing a post on them in the future with more info…
I totally understand why they do want you to feed the animals. We have the same signs in Australia and people still feed the dingoes and then wonder why others (who don’t feed them) get attacked
Just the point I was trying to get across… if you don’t feed them you become the food they want…
That secretary bird is very interesting looking.
I will be doing a dedicated post of him in the future .. it is actually an amazing bird…
That secretary bird cracks me up!
With all the pens he has behind his ear… could not be called anything else…
That looks like some serious desert but a great bird!
It is magnificent… the bird is one you will see in a later post dedicated to it.. a very interesting bird… with his snake catching techniques..
The differences in coloration between the sand and greens is dramatic.
The difference in colour of some of the dunes as well… a red sand then all of a sudden a white colour… magnificent..