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Piet Faure
Feb 8, 20211 min read
Day 10: Calvinia to Home and Conclusion.
I had the home scent so it was on the road at 05h20. In time to witness the sun rise behind me, another glorious sight. The kms passed...
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Piet Faure
Feb 8, 20211 min read
Day 9: Nossob to Calvinia.
I had elected to leave one day early as I did not want to arrive home on the Sunday. An early start saw me closing the Nossob gate at...
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Piet Faure
Feb 8, 20211 min read
Day 8: Nossob.
Today was my last full day in the park. I decided on a short drive as I was to spend the next day and a half getting back home. When at...
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Piet Faure
Feb 8, 20212 min read
Day 7: Nossob.
As the song by, I think, by one of the Beatles “You get days like this”. Today was one of those days. It started off well with an early...
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Piet Faure
Feb 8, 20212 min read
Day 6: Nossob.
Life in a camp such as Nossob soon settles into a routine and today was no different. Out early in magnificent cool and overcast...
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Piet Faure
Feb 8, 20212 min read
Day 5: Nossob.
I was surprised in the early morning that it was pleasantly cool. Cool enough to pull some duvet up. A heavy overnight due had fallen and...
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Piet Faure
Feb 8, 20213 min read
Day 4: Mata Mata to Nossob.
For those that have done the drive from Mata Mata to Nossob will know it is quite long in terms of time and one has to cross the Upper...
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Piet Faure
Feb 8, 20212 min read
Day 3: Mata Mata
One of those days that starts off full of promise, but delivers little on the promise. I was up early, but avoided the mob at the gate at...
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Piet Faure
Feb 8, 20213 min read
Day 2: Kgalagadi Lodge to Mata Mata
I am sitting on the stoep of my riverfront bungalow at Mata Mata. I know I said a camping trip, but I wanted to come to Mata Mata to have...
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Piet Faure
Feb 8, 20212 min read
Day 1: Cape Town to Kgalagadi Lodge, about 1080km.
My 04h30 alarm did not go off, but that was because I was wide awake at 04h20. My target departure time was 05h30. All I had to do was...
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Piet Faure
Feb 8, 20213 min read
LAST MINUTE TRIP TO KGALAGADI
January 2021 How did it start: I have done extensive research on a trip north of our borders to Botswana, Zambia, Tanzania, Rwanda,...
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