Sandgrouse : Unique water gatherers
Sandgrouse predominantly inhabit dry and arid regions, and we have encountered them often during our trips to Namibia and the Kalahari. It’s not uncommon to see the occasional pair near the roadside, giving the...
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Kalahari Trails Meerkat Sanctuary
The road from Upington to the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park has accommodations and camping establishments. We have passed the Kalahari Trails Meerkat Sanctuary often on our way to the Park, always without stopping to see...
The Meerkats of the Kalahari
Who hasn’t seen the delightful TV documentary series “Meerkat Manor” put on by Animal Planet about seven years ago and wanted to see these funny smiley little mammals in the flesh? We camped recently...
East of Woodstock, West of Vietnam
The Kalahari beckons me With fingers of red sand And a promise in the wind Of a desert wonderland!! Jane Wilkinson Have you ever heard that brilliant song by Tom Russell called “East of...
Ghanzi to Grasslands
They say that Africa is not for sissies – I think they should qualify that and say that the backroads of Botswana are not for sissies. Our trip to the Central Kalahari and Chobe for...
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