I travelled from Cape Town to the Kgaligadi Transfrontier Park and back to Cape Town over 23 days and 4,700 kilometres in May 2025. I was travelling with my cousin, Denise Skeffington, for most of the time, and we were joined for two weeks by another of our cousins, Nick Stodel. We were travelling in my 1999 Land Cruiser 105. Nick travelled with us in his eighteen-month-old Land Rover Defender. We each had our own ground tent. When I quote prices, I use the original currency. At the beginning of my trip the exchange rates to the GB Pound were: South African Rand 23.27 and Botswana Pula 18.4. I have used these rates throughout this report, irrespective if rates changed or the actual conversion rates differed. Day 1 – Saturday 3rd May 2025 – Cape Town to Varswater Beach in the Namaqua National Park – 477 kms Both Denise and…
