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Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park

The Kgalagadi Park lies on the border of three states, South Africa, Namibia and Botswana. While in the park roads cross in and out of sovereign territory without border posts. Only when exiting the park into a different state do border controls come into play. It is a an interesting situation that has little or no affect on visiting the park. Park regulations vary from country to country, but don’t affect the feeling of the park.

The area is in the arid grassland regions and in the dry seasons, water is scarce. Put down a plate of water and the birds and animals appear.

Although renowned for its large predators there are also a smaller mammals to be seen

The larger predators spend much time sleeping so we were delighted to spot a family of hyenas going for a morning bath and drink.

We saw numerous herbivores.

Birds however were the focus of our attention

Fires had recently swept through the park leaving a blackened, burnt environment.

The trees were spectacular in their starkeness