Twee Rivieren - "Two Rivers". It is the largest campsite in the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park. as well as the park headquarters.
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Gemsbok (Oryx gazella) standing on a red sand dune.[/caption]
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Male springbok antelope (Antidorcas marsupialis) fighting, Kalahari desert, South Africa[/caption]
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Kalahari lion, Panthera leo vernayi, in typical Kalahari desert. Big lion male with black mane. Kgalagadi transfrontier park, Botswana[/caption]
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First hint of dawn in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Africa. Orange horizon with stars and milky way. Dawn in a deserted savanna. African night landscape. Peaceful and quiet place. Camping in Africa.[/caption]
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Red sand road in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa[/caption]
Kgalagadi “place of thirst”. This ominous, original name is only one description of an area also known for its remote beauty and serene peaceful environment under a splendid night sky as well as its population of plants and wildlife, making survival their daily task.
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park is the second largest conservation area in Southern Africa, which incorporates the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park in South Africa and the Gemsbok National Park in Botswana. These two parks are managed as a single conservation unit between the two countries.
Around three-quarters of this park lies within Botswana and around a quarter within the border of South Africa.
The total area of the park comprises around 38,000 square kilometres.
The western border is the border between South africa and Namibia.
The main geology of this area comprise red sand dunes and dry river beds. This is, however just the icing over an interesting geoloy underneath, which includes signs of an ice age, desert conditions, wetlands and aluvial flows from millions of years of change.
The sand itself is, however, covers a massive area, much larger than just within the park. This sand expanse must be one of the largest single geological “rock” formations in the world. This sand stretches from just 1 degree South in the Democratic Republic Congo to around 29 degrees S in South Africa, then from 14 degrees East in Angola to 28 degrees East in Zimbabwe – a truly huge expanse.
The weather differs from extreme heat in the summer months, to extreme cold at night in winter.
Together with extremely low rainfall, this region does not support a wide range of wildlife, but therefore unique and fascinating.
Several Camps and Lodges offer accommodation within the park.
A peace park borders the South African side of the park, offering accommodation and several activities supporting a local community, that would have formerly lived, hunted and wandered the territories within the current greater park.
Birding in the park is most rewarding, with around 120 species listed.
Birds of note fall under, but are not restricted to:
Twee Rivieren - "Two Rivers". It is the largest campsite in the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park. as well as the park headquarters.
Nossob situated in the Kgalagadi tree savannah, attracts a greater diversity and number of grazers - and predators
Twee Rivieren - "Two Rivers". It is the largest campsite in the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park. as well as the park headquarters.