Kalahari Adventure - Desert Tours - 4x4 Safaris - South Africa Travel - Upington - Northern Cape
Day 3: Driving via Upington we continue 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: Breakfast

Day 4: After breakfast we take yet another scenic route via Upington 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 with a magnificent view over the surrounding beautiful landscape.
Overnight stay: Witsand Nature Reserve
Meals: Dinner

Day 5: Today we drive to the capitol of the Northern Cape Province, Kimberley. You go on a sightseeing tour of Kimberley's world famous symbol, the 'Big Hole'. Expect a lot of interesting information around the 'Girl’s best friend', diamonds! After sight-seeing we drive from Kimberley to the Mokala National Park, where we’ll spend our last 2 nights.
Overnight stay: Chalet or camping in Mokala National Park
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner

Day 6: From our base camp 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 tsessebe. 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 or camping in Mokala National Park
Meals: Full board

Day 7: After breakfast we take you to the Kimberley airport.

Participants: minimum 2 people

For detailed information and valid price list please contact us at magicdesert@isat.co.za
Tour for everyoneTOUR 7: Jewels of the
Northern Cape

This unique tour program offers only the very best of the Northern Cape Province. 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 habitat. A second highlight will be a visit to the Mokala 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 a visit to 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 see 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 Transfrontier National Park. We overnight in an air-conditioned chalet in Twee Rivieren.

If you prefer the camping version, we’ll set up our camp at Two Rivers, the only campground on the Botswana side which is fully equipped.
Overnight stay: Chalet in Twee Rivieren
Camping version: Two Rivers
Meals: Dinner

Day 2: We spend another day in South Africa's second biggest National Park where you will find game such as oryx, 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 in Twee Rivieren
Camping version: Two Rivers
Meals: Full board
Magic of Desert 4x4 Adventures / Hanspeter Meier
5 Swartbas Avenue, Upington 8801, South Africa
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