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Aug. 07, 2013
Richtersveld safari 2013 (Kalagadi)
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park is a large wildlife preserve and conservation area in southern Africa. The park straddles the border between South Africa and…
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slowpete
Aug. 06, 2013
Richtersveld safari 2013 (Giant's playground)
The Giants Playground, is situated on the Farm Gariganus, the same that is home to the Quiver Tree Forest. You must buy your ticket at the farm office as the…
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slowpete
Aug. 05, 2013
Richtersveld safari 2013; (Quiver tree forest)
The Quiver Tree Forest monument was recorded in the Official Gazette as being ‘a spectacular collection of quiver trees near Keetmanshoop and were described as…
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slowpete
Aug. 02, 2013
Richtersveld Safari 2013 (Ai Ais/Fish river canyon)
The Fish River Canyon is located in the south of Namibia. It is the second largest canyon in the world and the largest in Africa, as well as the second most…
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slowpete
Aug. 01, 2013
Richtersveld safari 2013 (Sendelingsdrif/Namibia)
In the Richtersveld Transfrontier Park, the Orange River forms the border between South Africa and Namibia. Fortunately your trip doesn't have to end here;…
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slowpete
July 31, 2013
Richtersveld Safari 2013: (Potjiespram)
Potjiespram campsite is set on the river and takes its name from the Potjiespram Mountains. Potjiespram is beautiful, set on the sandy river bank where views of…
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slowpete
July 29, 2013
Richtersveld Safari 2013: (De Hoop)
The soft sand on the banks of the Orange River at De Hoop makes a delightful campsite. It has water for swimming, bathing, fishing or just simply staring at. It…
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slowpete
July 26, 2013
Richtersveld Safari 2013: (Challenges)
Vastness, openness, mountain desert, steep hills, pointy rocks and narrow gaps… The Richtersveld is the rugged bad boy of 4x4 destinations. You won't find any…
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slowpete
July 25, 2013
Richtersveld Safari 2013: Day Seven (Kokerboomkloof)
KOKERBOOMKLOOF CAMP SITE The best ‘inland’ campsite in the park. Worthy of several nights’ stopover. The silence is numbing and the plant life fascinating.…
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slowpete
July 24, 2013
Richtersveld Safari 2013: Day Five (Port Nolloth)
Port Nolloth is a town and small domestic seaport in the Namaqualand region on the northwestern coast of South Africa, 89 miles (144 km) northwest of Springbok.…
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slowpete
July 23, 2013
Richtersveld Safari 2013: Day Three (Augrabies)
Few sights are as awesome or a sound as deafening as water thundering down the 56m Augrabies Waterfall when the Orange River is in full flood. The Khoi people…
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slowpete
July 22, 2013
Richtersveld Safari 2013: Day two (Witsand)
flowing white dunes - twenty to sixty metres high - surrounded by copper-red Kalahari sand, Acacia woodland and the Langberg Mountain range. Home of the famous…
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slowpete
July 19, 2013
Richtersveld Safari 2013 Day one (Sishen)
The bulk of Kumba’s iron ore production comes from Sishen mine, located in South Africa’s Northern Cape Province near the mining town of Kathu. Opened in 1947,…
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slowpete
July 18, 2013
Richtersveld Safari 2013 Day one (Moffat Mission)
Robert Moffat (21 December 1795 – 9 August 1883) was a Scottish Congregationalist missionary to Africa, and father in law of David Livingstone. The Kuruman…
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slowpete