The Kalahari
A day in Witsand Nature Reserve is a day well spent despite the roads to get there and the local incompetent staff. the reserve is amazingly beautiful and baffling beyond words. Imagine a setting where to the south, stretching for miles is the African bush. To the north, also stretching for miles is white sand [...]
We started the day by going to see the Kimberley Big Hole, I was told on various occasions not to expect much, if anything at all. De Beers invested a whooping 52 millions and what I saw was just breath taking. And I am not talking of the "Big Hole". The surprise came in the [...]
Don’t take me wrong, but an 11 day camping trip in one of the most arid and isolated place in South Africa takes some planing. And sometimes, I mess it up. That’s what happened to the day of departure. I have now learned not to leave on a trip on a Sunday. The pharmacy only [...]
Continue reading about Day 1: Johannesburg – Kimberley (472km)