Lost in the Tankwa Karoo!
A quick weekend getaway to a special part of South Africa, the Tankwa Karoo. Wide open spaces, huge dirt roads and scenery that reminds you of being in Namibia. The landscape is barren and bare but in this barren landscape beauty can be found everywhere.
Our journey started in Cape Town South Africa and lead us through some of the most amazing places along the way. We drive through the Ceres mountains which are absolutely incredible!
This overlanding trip was done in conjunction with 3 other overlanding families and YouTube personalities namely Jonker Adventures & Rolbos Overland & Get Out Go. We decided to all meet up and go for an overlanding trip, how better to meet other people than to do it with a weekend getaway doing what we all love....OVERLANDING.
Driving in Tankwa Karoo forms part of one of South Africa's longest dirt roads, the R355 stretches for 200 odd kilometres and forms part of the old postal route. The road side stops in Tankwa Karoo are random and basically like scenes out of the movie MadMax.
Our first night we spent at a campsite call Die Mond which in English means The Mouth, what makes this place so special is that with all the desert around you, you arrive at this gem of a camp that has a huge dam, which in this dry part of the world is incredible to see. Obviously it's compulsory to swim in a dam if you have one available. The area is hot and the sun unforgiving, but jumping into a dam changes that completely.
Our second day of the trip we actually ended up getting lost and through that drove and saw some of the most amazing scenery, what should have been a short day of driving turned into a full days drive through majestic mountains and rocky tracks. Not even sure of how many kilometres we did for the day we eventually arrived at our next camp again just before sunset. This making a 4 hour potjie a bit of a challenge to prepare and get done early enough for everyone to fill their stomachs before bed after a looooooong day in the vehicles.
A first for us since we relocated to Cape Town and definitely a memorable one, new friends, new places, incredible experience!
We live in such a beautiful country, exploring it's vast landscapes is every overlanders dream...
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Time-lapse: The colourful skies of the Tankwa Karoo National Park
The Tankwa Karoo National Park lies about 70 km due west of Sutherland near the border of the Northern Cape and Western Cape, in one of the most arid regions of South Africa.
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Bike Trip via Tankwa Karoo National Park (2017-03-24 to 26)
A three day mountain passes bike trip over 1130Km from Cape Town via Clanwilliam, Tankwa Karoo National Park (Namaqualand, Northern Cape), Sutherland, Laingsburg, Montagu and Franschhoek Pass back home.
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Gannaga pass Tankwa Karroo
The Gannaga pass is one of the exits out of the Tankwa Karroo national park towards the town of Middelpos.
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SanParks week - Mokala National Park in the Northern Cape
The 12th annual South African National Parks week starts next week Monday and entry to all 21 Parks in the country will be free of charge from Monday until Friday next week.
One of the Parks is the Mokala National Park in the Northern Cape, which is the youngest under the SanParks umbrella.
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The Gannaga Pass between the Tankwa Karoo National Park and Middelpos in the Northern Cape, South Africa
Tankwa Karoo; January 2016
a weekend adventure bike ride in the Karoo, Western Cape , South Africa. January, 2016
Richtersveld Camping Trip
The Richtersveld is a unique mountain desert wilderness, tucked in the far north-western corner of the Northern Cape in South Africa.
Here we traveled from Melkbosstrand - Western Cape.
Dit was droog, stowerig en dor - maar tog 'n ander tiepe mooi. Hier hou ons lekker vakansie en verken so bietjie die vreemde wereld eintlik so op ons deur drumpel.
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Sutherland to the Tankwa Karoo August 10, 2016
Sutherland to the Tankwa Karoo August 10, 2016
Tankwa Traverse - Flat Tyres and Potjie Kos
A few weeks ago we decided to hit the road and go and show Roland from My Life in Africa the Tankwa Karoo. He recently moved down to Cape Town from Gauteng and we just had to go show him a place that we love so much.
The crew for the weekend consisted of myself and Minouw, Henry his wife Marli and their two sons Liam and Jean as well as Roland his wife Gail and their daughter Skyla. The 9 of has never camped together so it was also a weekend for making some new friends!
We stayed at Die Mond on Friday night and at Skoorsteenberg ( the Saturday night.
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Easter in the Tankwa Karoo
A short edit of our Easter Weekend trip. This was all shot at the Tankwa National Park. We also spent some time in the Cederberg Wilderness Area and Seweweekspoort Pass on the same trip.
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5 Days, 3 national parks, 2000km's
5 April 2017, the day my wife and I got married.
What an awesome experience, getting married in Langebaan, Western Cape. We decided to travel back to Pretoria via the Karoo, visiting Tankwa Karoo National Park, Karoo National Park and Mokala National Park on our journey home.
We camped at all 3 parks, making it our very first camping overland trip in our Land Cruiser 76. What an amazing experience, a must do on any overlander and nature lover's bucket list.
We spent 2 nights at each park except for Mokala, where heavy rains forced us to just spend one night and cut the trip short by a day.
All things considered, camping in our national parks seems to be an extremely affordable way of seeing and experiencing this majestic country. Just do proper research before hand and plan ahead and you will have no hiccups.
What a fantastic honeymoon we had, most certainly one to remember.
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Tankwa - Short Film
A true unique South African adventure. The Nuts & Bolts Rally buried a Peugeot in the Tankwa Karoo. The goal behind this event was to show appreciation to the Tankwa community and to help support them in their struggles.
Cederberg and Tankwa Karoo trip
An adventure bike ride into the Cederberg Mountains and Tankwa Karoo region of the Western Cape and Northern Cape provinces of South Africa.
SOUTH AFRICA restcamp at Karoo national park
The restcamp has only 38 cottages and a camping, so it is very small, but the cottages are well equipped and comfortable. There is an excellent restaurant (breakfast is included when you rent a cottage).
Also a fine swimming pool and a bird hide.
Rondekraal Cottage, Papkuilsfontein, Northern Cape, South Africa
An overview of the 2 leeper restored cottage, Rondekraal, on the well known farm Papkuilsfontein, near Nieuwoudtville, Northern Cape. Recommended and produced courtesy of MountainPassesSouthAfrica.co.za