Botswana Tours - Tour 6.1

4×4 WILDERNESS TRAIL 1
KGALAGADI-MABUASEHUBE -BOTSWANA.
10 Days and 9 Nights

This tour is for the true adventurer! Most of the time we will have enough water for a small shower under an Acacia tree. All the camps are unfenced- giving us the true Kalahari feeling.
MALARIA FREE!!

DAY 1 UPINGTON – MOLOPO LODGE
Depart 8h30 from your Guest House in Upington – drive to Molopo Lodge, visit the Bushman craft and the Meerkat Sanctuary.
Accommodation: Molopo Lodge or Camping
Meals: Dinner

DAY 2 – 4 MABUASEHUBE KGALAGADI PARK
Early morning departure to Gemsbokkie/Bokseputs border post, to this unspoilt part of the Kalahari. The Botswana and South African Wildlife authorities have cooperated in the management of the two parks since 1948. In 1999 the presidents of the two countries signed a treaty that would link the two parks under one name the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and become one of the largest parks in the world.

The size of the park is quite overwhelming, the South African side is 9591 square kilometer with a further 28400 square kilometer on the Botswana side. The two conservation areas encompass two of the three Kalahari eco- types. The south-western part comprises duneveld with his unique semi-desert vegetation, and the north-eastern part comprises Kalahari plains thornveld. This area incorporates salt pans which play an important role in the life patterns of the Kalahari game. The Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park is one of the most pristine conservation areas on earth.

Important: This is also an unfenced camp. The magic of these camps are the fact that we are very close to the magic of the Kalahari, making you feel much closer to nature. We spend our time doing several game drives. This is prime predator area, and if we are lucky, we might see the big cats, or if we are lucky, the big cats will visit us. Every morning we do a walk to inspect the animal tracks around our camp. Many times the Leopard visits us, most of the time the only evidence will be his tracks in the Kalahari sand.

Accommodation: Mabuasehube camping unfenced water available
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

DAY 5 – MATOPI OR MOSOMANI
After breakfast, we leave on a safari drive to Matopi or Mosomani.
Accommodation: Bushcamp unfenced
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

DAY 6 – 7 MATOPI OR MOSOMANI – POLENTSWA
Departure to Polentswa through the dunes and see Eland, Gemsbok, Blue Wildebeest and hopefully Lions.
Accommodation: Lodge or Camping at Polentswa unfenced, no facilities no water.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner