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Ronel van Zyl
GB
Visited:
April 2010
Reviewed: Apr 11, 2012
Email Ronel van Zyl | 35-50 years of age
A place so different in the desert and to see wildlife here is spectacular. The night game drives is a MUST. To hear the lions roar at night. Mata Mata River camp has beautiful accommodation while Nossob is more basic. True africa wilderness experience.
Kaj
FI
Visited:
November 2009
Reviewed: Apr 12, 2012
50-65 years of age
Extremely hot and dry and yet plenty of animals. Undisturbed gamewatching
Sleep with a lion or hyena outside your tent
This is one of the few places where you can pitch your tent in the wilderness without having a fence to protect you from the wildlife. It is wild, very wild and you must be careful not to be included in the diet of the lions of which there are usually plenty.
This is typical Kalahari with very hot summers and pleasant cool to hot winters and is situated in the summer rainfall region. There are not any mountains and the scenery is grasslands with camel thorn trees which is heaven for a lover of the Kalahari.
Accommodation is camp sites, some with long drop toilets and cold showers and others with nothing, just the bush.
Mabuasehube can be reached from Nossob a rest camp in the South African part of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park via a dune route of about 170km. This road is strictly for 4x4 vehicles with high ground clearance. The other options are from Tsabong in the South which is the route
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we took. This route is also just for 4x4's. There are also roads from the North and East but we have never tried them. There is no fuel available at Mabuasehube and at Tsabong we had to wait a day for the petrol to be delivered. Taking extra fuel is recommended.The following items are not available at Mabuasehube:
1. Drinking water - take your own
2. Food - take your own
3. Diesel
4. Petrol
3. Doctors
4. Pharmacies
5. Garages
You must take along whatever you will need.
Be careful to not leave any food or anything else outside at night. Our cooler bag with cold drinks and picnic bag with all our cutlery was stolen by hyenas. Luckily we picked up cutlery stolen from previous visitors otherwise we would have had to eat with our hands. We used plastic bottles cut open for plates.
The wild life is typical Kalahari which means Springbok, Oryx, Lions, leapard and a few other antelopes as well as smaller cats and jackal. You will not find elephant, buffalo or rhino.
Goodstuff
Visited:
August 2007
Reviewed: Apr 26, 2012
JohnMacdonald
US
Visited:
August 2004
Reviewed: May 10, 2012
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
This is an amazing desert park. This is very unique to SA. The bush vibe is extraordinary. There are some good hides here too, especially at the camp grounds.
Kelly C.
US
Visited:
April 2012
Reviewed: Jul 3, 2012
Email Kelly C. | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
It was a remarkable adventure & great opportunity to view amazing animals in their natural habitat.
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at Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park is something that I will never forget. If you're a wildlife lover, this park is definitely worth your time!
muchas641
DE
Visited:
April 2012
Reviewed: Jul 29, 2012
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Bush vibe - first class. wildlife - first class. Birding - first class. Landscape - wonderful!
A. J
Visited:
July 2012
Reviewed: Sep 9, 2012
The amount and variety of game is great - you practically trip over cheetahs as you leave the gates of the rest camps.
Hennie Lacock
ZA
Visited:
March 2014
Reviewed: Apr 7, 2014
Email Hennie Lacock | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
This park is the ultimate for me that combines great wildlife, great birding, an excellent feeling of isolation with spectacular Kalahari landscapes!