PlanYourSafari Updates

Share
It is the first of March and today I am going to make someone happy!
A while back it was announced that ‘a canvas image of your choice’ could be won amongst the subscribers of the PlanYourSafari blog.
It is my pleasure to announce that Melody Rutkowski from the USA has won the draw and that she [...]

Steve Bailey’s Journey To Kgalagadi (Day 7 and last day)

Share
To see all previous days of Steve’s journey you can click here!
The last night, sitting on the verandah at Mata Mata Tented camp I took this long exposure capture of the Kgalagadi night.

We woke early, no festive thoughts; today we drive south and out of the park. Nothing of great interest as we drove slowly, [...]

Day 5 Kgalagadi Journey Steve Bailey

Share
We decided that today we needed a “ration”  run to Twee Rivieren, ration run? Change that to “booze cruise”  One always feels that when packing for a trip away in the Kgalagadi  that you must be a drunk, all the bottles of wine, the cases of beer and of course the whiskey.  It looks shocking [...]

Day 4 (Afternoon) Kgalagadi Journey Steve Bailey

Share
Day four afternoon could be called a turning point on this trip; we were now going to have the good the bad and the downright ugly in the next few days
We moved onto the Dunes Road once again after our “pit stop” at Dikbaardskolk,  mid day heat once again. As mentioned the dune road, 50 kilometers  [...]

Day 4 (morning) Kgalagadi Journey Steve Bailey

Share
Saturday  morning, last morning in Nossob before heading  south. Nossob  area has normally been good with regard to Animal sightings, this trip the area was quiet. When we got back to Cape Town we found when we exchanged  info with fellow Kgalagadi  fanatics  that the far north area around Grootkolk wilderness camp had had a [...]

Kgalagadi Journey By Steve Bailey (3)

Share
On all my trips to the Kalahari / Kgalagadi there have been moments of intense excitement and moments (days) of mind numbing boredom
It’s always wonderful to be in the African wilderness but as a photographer I crave the excitement of a sighting and unfortunately those sightings happen to be the Cats, Cheetah, Leopard and to [...]

Kgalagadi Journey By Steve Bailey (2)

Share
Sometimes people make mistakes, and I (Johan) made one! The morning of day 2 of Steve Bailey’s journey was omitted and is now published after all.
Day 2 Morning:
(Follow up question I was asked about day one, why we choose to drive 12 hours from Cape Town and not fly into Uppington airport? It’s a matter [...]

Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park: A Journey by Steve Bailey (2)

Share
Today part two of Steve’s journey. Click here for part one.
Day two
We drove off the dunes road and into the Nossob River valley at just before 1 pm in the afternoon, perfect timing for a mid day break at Dikbaardskolk picnic area.  After 50 kms of dune road  your legs need a stretch. A few [...]

Snake Under The Bonnet

Share
After posting day 1 of Steve Bailey’s trip to the Kalahari, here a real hero story that happened to him a few years back. Day 2 will follow soon.
April 2004,
Left the Nossob camp as the gates opened ( as always ) drove slowly down to just past Rooikop and spied a Cape Cobra trying hard [...]

Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park: A journey by Steve Bailey (1)

Share
Professional Photographer Steve Bailey made a photograpic trip to the Kgalagadi  Transfrontier National Park in November 2009. This park which is built on South African and Botswana soils is one of the so called Peace-parks that are mushrooming all over Africa. Consisting mainly of harsh Kalahari habitat, this part of Africa is still very remote [...]