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HOTELS REVIEW – KALAHARI TENTED CAMP, KGALAGADI TRANSFRONTIER PARK
Kalahari Tented Camp, on the western border of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, is an excellent camp in a good location within the national park.
With 10 two-bed desert tents, the accommodation is basic, but comfortable. There is no restaurant but if you come well prepared, the self-catering can be a lot of fun. Communal kitchens come well stocked with standard cooking utensils, crockery and cutlery and there are barbeques available for shared use. The chalets come with bedding and towels, but bring some of your own linen too; especially if you're travelling with younger children. You also need to arrive with water and firewood, although there is a shop for essentials at Twee Rivieren, beside the park's entrance.
It is important to note that the camp is completely open to the wilderness, with the animals drawn towards the watering hole and through the camp. There is a 'tourism assistant' on duty at all times at the camp, but often no other staff.
The Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park have some superb wildlife and the Kalahari Tented Camp is a great base from which to explore it. The national park can offer visitors who put energy and time into their game-viewing superb opportunities for viewing cheetah and also meerkats. With an abundance of all types of flora and fauna, you're also highly likely to see numbers of gemsbok, wildebeest and springbok here. Black-maned male lions rule the prices, and there's also the occasional leopard sighted within the park.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
With 10 two-bed desert tents, the accommodation is basic, but comfortable. There is no restaurant but if you come well prepared, the self-catering can be a lot of fun. Communal kitchens come well stocked with standard cooking utensils, crockery and cutlery and there are barbeques available for shared use. The chalets come with bedding and towels, but bring some of your own linen too; especially if you're travelling with younger children. You also need to arrive with water and firewood, although there is a shop for essentials at Twee Rivieren, beside the park's entrance.
It is important to note that the camp is completely open to the wilderness, with the animals drawn towards the watering hole and through the camp. There is a 'tourism assistant' on duty at all times at the camp, but often no other staff.
The Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park have some superb wildlife and the Kalahari Tented Camp is a great base from which to explore it. The national park can offer visitors who put energy and time into their game-viewing superb opportunities for viewing cheetah and also meerkats. With an abundance of all types of flora and fauna, you're also highly likely to see numbers of gemsbok, wildebeest and springbok here. Black-maned male lions rule the prices, and there's also the occasional leopard sighted within the park.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
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Kalahari Kgalagadi Frontier Park was wonderful; it seemed much wilder and less organised than Kruger with less people there. No mobile phone signal. Accommodation at both camps was spacious and clean.
Kielekrankie was a lovely camp, very peaceful with beautiful views. Good animal sightings on the way to it also. Steve cooked an excellent steak, and with a Greek salad and with a bottle of ‘local red’ it took some beating. Changeover with Jaco went smoothly . Kalahari tented camp is also good but there is not such an atmosphere of tranquility, as it is slightly larger than Kielekrankie with not such a good view from patio. Jaco provided mouth watering braiis and salads each evening. We took a “sunset drive” with Jaco and eight Germans which was quite exciting in a raging thunderstorm. Unfortunately my camera was not up to catching the spectacular lightning effects.
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