Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, also known by Kalahari Gemsbok Park, covers an area of 2,369,000 acres / 960,000 ha situated on the Northern peninsula of South Africa between Namibia and Botswana. There are three main rest camps and two main roads that go right up the Auob and Nossob Rivers where most of the game can be spotted due to bore holes that provide water. All roads are gravel or dirt roads.
This is South Africa’s second premier park and is now getting a lot more press and attention. It is very popular during school holidays so book ahead during January and February and during the three week holiday in July.
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park is the middle of the Kalahari Desert. It has sparse vegetation and most of the water is found in the dry riverbeds of the Auob and Nossob Rivers. This is a fantastic park to find predators and to see large herbivores that constantly search for water and sweet grasses. Lion, leopard, cheetah, spotted hyena, brown hyena, honey badger, black back jackal and bat-eared fox are some of the predators you may find here. Springbok, gemsbok, blue wildebeest, red hartebeest, steenbok are common and eland and giraffe uncommon. Ground squirrel and suricates (meerkats) are prevalent. There are no larger game here such as buffalo, elephant or rhino, but the amazing landscapes and the better opportunity of spotting predators make up for that lacking.
Kgalagadi National Park
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Directions: 250 km north of Upington
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on Dec 12, 2004
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