PeterBird
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After some health problems it now looks as if we are definitely going to do another trip to South Africa in September. Four weeks, no less! We have decided on this itinerary and already booked the accommodation:
- Dullstroom
- Gomo Gomo in Klaserie
- Bateleur Bushveld camp in Kruger
- Pafuri River Camp, just outside Pafuri Gate
- Shiluvari Lodge in the Soutpansberg area
- Mapungubwe
- Wild at Tul in Southern Botswana
- Polokwane (stopover)
- Marakele and then back to Johannesburg
This covers some areas we've never been to, so we're very much looking forward to the trip.
If anybody has tips regarding the birding in one of these locations, I'd be grateful.
We've book the services of a local guide in the Soutpansberg area, but we're still looking for someone to guide us for a day in Dullstroom. I haven't been able to find any nameson the internet yet.
We're a little worried about our trip from Gomo Gomo to the Bateleur Bushcamp. Our plan is to leave after the morning game drive, so around 9.30, and do some shopping in Phalaborwa for the self-catering camp, but it seems especially the trip through Kruger from Phalaborwa gate might take too long to safely reach the camp gate, which closes at 18:00 hours. In km the total journey is only 252, but my navigation software comes up with 7:50 hrs. Anybody have a view on that?
Thanks for any replies!
Peter
- Dullstroom
- Gomo Gomo in Klaserie
- Bateleur Bushveld camp in Kruger
- Pafuri River Camp, just outside Pafuri Gate
- Shiluvari Lodge in the Soutpansberg area
- Mapungubwe
- Wild at Tul in Southern Botswana
- Polokwane (stopover)
- Marakele and then back to Johannesburg
This covers some areas we've never been to, so we're very much looking forward to the trip.
If anybody has tips regarding the birding in one of these locations, I'd be grateful.
We've book the services of a local guide in the Soutpansberg area, but we're still looking for someone to guide us for a day in Dullstroom. I haven't been able to find any nameson the internet yet.
We're a little worried about our trip from Gomo Gomo to the Bateleur Bushcamp. Our plan is to leave after the morning game drive, so around 9.30, and do some shopping in Phalaborwa for the self-catering camp, but it seems especially the trip through Kruger from Phalaborwa gate might take too long to safely reach the camp gate, which closes at 18:00 hours. In km the total journey is only 252, but my navigation software comes up with 7:50 hrs. Anybody have a view on that?
Thanks for any replies!
Peter
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