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10 reasons to love the Kgalagadi

30/6/2013

By Roxanne Reid
There are so many reasons to love the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park in the Northern Cape that the red dunes, star-filled skies, blood-red sunsets and fabulous sightings of big game like lions, leopards, cheetahs and gemsbok don’t even feature in the top 10. Here’s my pick…

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Why are Kruger campers so rude?

20/6/2013

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Crocodile Bridge campsite, Kruger National Park

By Roxanne Reid
Kruger campers really are a breed apart, rude, pushy and without much understanding of the concept of personal space. Or maybe it’s
just me.

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Leopards and car tracks in the sand at Kgalagadi

12/6/2013

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Photo: Arno Meintjies

By Roxanne Reid
A leopard sighting in the African bush is one of the most thrilling things that can happen to anyone with half an ounce of wildness in her soul. Seeing car tracks left off-road by some selfish sonofabitch is probably one of the worst.

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An electric storm in the Kgalagadi

6/6/2013

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By Roxanne Reid
Rumble … cra-a-a-ck! Thunder boomed, drowning out the hum of the aircon in our chalet one hot afternoon at Twee Rivieren in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. Then a sizzle of lightning. At the beginning of March the park was still bone dry, the rains already late. Would this electric storm bring the end of the dry spell?

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10 reasons to love the Kgalagadi

Why are Kruger campers so rude?

Leopards and car tracks in the sand at Kgalagadi

An electric storm in the Kgalagadi

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