Best of 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. This tour also enables you to extend your visit to the Kgalagadi Transfrontier National Park. 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.
OPTIONAL: Driving further to one of the most outstanding wilderness camps, Kielie Krankie or Urikaruus, that are both highly recommended and will astound you! Both camps are small Kalahari wilderness camps, accommodating 8 people in 4 double units. Each unit has its own toilet and shower facilities. Camps are NOT FENCED which allows you to experience the real Kalahari wilderness. Each camp is situated on a special spot inside the Park and has a unique architecture of its own. 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. Enjoy dinner around the fire, while listening to the sounds of the night. Don't be surprised if you hear lion, hyena, leopard and black-backed jackal during the night.
Overnight stay: Chalet in Twee Rivieren OPTIONAL: Kielie Krankie or Urikaruus.
Camping version: Two Rivers
Meals: Full board
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 OPTIONAL: Kielie Krankie or Urikaruus.
Meals: Full board
NOTE: You can extend your stay in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier National Park for as long as you wish. For more information see details on our web page Tour 1.
Day 3: Returning to Upington we drive 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: Full board
Day 4: After breakfast we take yet another scenic route via Upington, and 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: Full board
Day 5: Today we drive to the capitol of the Northern Cape Province, Kimberley. OPTIONAL: You have the opportunity to 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! If you have booked this tour with chalet accommodation, we drive to Dronfield Nature Reserve just outside Kimberley, where we'll overnight in beautiful and fully equipped chalets. On our way to Dronfield we pass Kamfers Dam, a small lake, habitat of the biggest flamingo population in South Africa. Tens of thousands of these beautiful birds can be observed. If you have booked a camping tour, we drive from Kimberley to the Mokala National Park, about an hour away, where we’ll set up our camp for the next 2 nights.
Overnight stay: Chalet in the Dronfield Nature Reserve or camping in the Mokala National Park
Meals: Full board
Day 6: From our base camp, either Dronfield Nature Reserve or Mokala National Park, 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 in the Dronfield Nature Reserve or camping in the Mokala National Park
Meals: Full board
Day 7: After breakfast we take you to the Kimberley airport.
If you would like to contact us to book this tour or if you would like to discuss or want to modify any itinerary to suit your needs then you can e mail us on: eleccon@global.co.za
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. This tour also enables you to extend your visit to the Kgalagadi Transfrontier National Park. 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.
OPTIONAL: Driving further to one of the most outstanding wilderness camps, Kielie Krankie or Urikaruus, that are both highly recommended and will astound you! Both camps are small Kalahari wilderness camps, accommodating 8 people in 4 double units. Each unit has its own toilet and shower facilities. Camps are NOT FENCED which allows you to experience the real Kalahari wilderness. Each camp is situated on a special spot inside the Park and has a unique architecture of its own. 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. Enjoy dinner around the fire, while listening to the sounds of the night. Don't be surprised if you hear lion, hyena, leopard and black-backed jackal during the night.
Overnight stay: Chalet in Twee Rivieren OPTIONAL: Kielie Krankie or Urikaruus.
Camping version: Two Rivers
Meals: Full board
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 OPTIONAL: Kielie Krankie or Urikaruus.
Meals: Full board
NOTE: You can extend your stay in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier National Park for as long as you wish. For more information see details on our web page Tour 1.
Day 3: Returning to Upington we drive 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: Full board
Day 4: After breakfast we take yet another scenic route via Upington, and 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: Full board
Day 5: Today we drive to the capitol of the Northern Cape Province, Kimberley. OPTIONAL: You have the opportunity to 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! If you have booked this tour with chalet accommodation, we drive to Dronfield Nature Reserve just outside Kimberley, where we'll overnight in beautiful and fully equipped chalets. On our way to Dronfield we pass Kamfers Dam, a small lake, habitat of the biggest flamingo population in South Africa. Tens of thousands of these beautiful birds can be observed. If you have booked a camping tour, we drive from Kimberley to the Mokala National Park, about an hour away, where we’ll set up our camp for the next 2 nights.
Overnight stay: Chalet in the Dronfield Nature Reserve or camping in the Mokala National Park
Meals: Full board
Day 6: From our base camp, either Dronfield Nature Reserve or Mokala National Park, 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 in the Dronfield Nature Reserve or camping in the Mokala National Park
Meals: Full board
Day 7: After breakfast we take you to the Kimberley airport.
If you would like to contact us to book this tour or if you would like to discuss or want to modify any itinerary to suit your needs then you can e mail us on: eleccon@global.co.za
