Having been on a safari once before, in Tanzania, this was what I knew of safari camping sites, not what Twee Rivieren Rest Camp in the Kalahari Desert offered. I was so surprised and impressed. So totally different from what I had expected and experienced before. Staying for a night only, I decided a tent should suffice, but you can rent cottages and chalets as well. However with the facilities available at the tent area, you need no cottage or chalet. Nice and clean restrooms with water closets, showers and washbasins. Plenty of room too, so not feeling cramped at all. Need to say the camp wasn’t full though… On site there’s also a grocery store/souvenir shop, petrol station, a restaurant serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner, also do take-away, and a board/map with the animal sightings of the day. With my safari tour operator providing, in addition to a tent, a bed, mattress and sheets, sleeping bag, pillow, fleece blankets, chair, firewood and a tent light, I had all that I needed. Adding to that great weather; meaning not freezing, so I actually had to remove all the clothes I had put on before going to bed, and no bugs; only a mongoose passing behind my tent a couple of times, I could not have been happier. And to top that off, my driver and guide let me connect to his wifi, so I could connect to the world. I had no idea there would be reception and electricity in the bush 🙂 So there I was, all set for a quiet and star-filled night in the Kalahari Desert.
The Twee Rivieren Rest Camp is located 265 km from Upington.
Website: sanparks.org/parks/kgalagadi/tourism/accommodation
Looks cozy!
Very nice camp!
We just talked about the possibility of going on a safari. Just dreaming. But I could go for this camping experience. So fun!
Safari is one of my top travel experiences, if not the one. I’ve been bitten by the bug 🙂 And it doesn’t have to be expensive either. Places like this you can go in your own car without a guide.
I’ve never been camping (not in an actual tent anyway) but this sounds amazing!!
Even not as a kid? I don’t camp much either, but I’ll do it when the reward is higher than the sacrifice 😉 But this was a very nice camp site!
You go to the most amazing places! This place looks incredible. I camp several times during the year so, this is my kind of experience. #WanderfulWednesday
Going on safaris, I feel very blessed! And I guess otherwise as well 🙂 I don’t camp much, could be a lot better at it ;), but this was a very nice camp site! Very surprised!
Sounds like you had a lovely time there! I’m a bit more of a travel diva so camping’s not for me sadly, but have to say the facilities look clean, so that’s really good.
Camping is not my first choice either, but whatever I gotta do to get up, close and personal to the most amazing animals. Maybe glamping? Wanna do that too! Have done fancy hotels on safari as well, just not this time.