Let's go, first stop Khutse game reserve
This is Tess, her full name is “Ten tonne Tess” a Land Cruiser Station wagon, and a real beast. Her and Dolph Lundgren (we namned Brians car Dolph) would take us through the whole of Kalahari (1000km) and a total of 2200 km from start to finish. We loved her even if we had some troubles on the way, but what to expect right? :)
Brian and Owen meet up with us on Cresta Lodge and we started with stocking the cars with fresh food, drinks, drinking water and fuel, a lot of fuel! Everything we would need in the Kalahari needed to be fixed now as it’s no shops or fuel stations in the Kalahari. We would be able to top of some fuel just before entering the park and there is a place to refill water for showers and washing but nothing more. We brought lots of luggage (to much) as we were a bit worried about washing clothes to save water, so the cars were absolutely stuffed.
The other couple that should have come with us unfortunately had to cancel as they got sick, so instead of a three vehicles we were only two. I felt like we were going on an expedition just the four of us.
First stop was Khutse game reserve, a reserve on the boarder to CKGR and a perfect first stop. We loved Khutse, it was a good start to our adventure, and we had so many lovely sightings and experiences.
Park rules, little would we know, but we would break a few of them ;)
The drive up to Khutse was fine and we got there in time for a first short game drive and to set up our camp for the next three nights. We were the only ones in the camp, and we didn’t meet anyone else during our stay. It’s a quite unreal feeling to look out over the waste plains with no other humans around. Even though the tents and beds were not as luxurious as on a normal safari, it felt so much more exclusive than any of our previous trips.
This little guy was our first animal sighting, very different from the usual Impalas :D
The Kalahari is still green but it's very dry. I'm amazed over how nature and animals adapt and find ways to survive. Today it's was terribly hot with temperatures going up to 40 degres celsius but the nights were cool and no trouble sleeping if you don't mind lions
This little guy was our first animal sighting, very different from the usual Impalas :D
Time for dinner and drinks around the campfire. We went to sleep with lions roaring in the night, we could not wish for a better start!
Good night safarilovers!