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Upington

Upington, Northern Cape, South Africa

An Orange River city and the principal air, road, fuel, and supply gateway for the long drive north to Kgalagadi.

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Kgalagadi Transfrontier Safari Circuit

Travel from Upington to the shared Twee Rivieren/Two Rivers entrance, follow the dry Nossob valley north, and use the documented four-wheel-drive route through Bosobogolo to Mabuasehube before exiting …

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Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park

A South Africa-Botswana conservation landscape of red dunes, dry riverbeds, sparse camel-thorn savanna, pans, and great distances.

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Twee Rivieren / Two Rivers Gate

The paired South African and Botswana entrance and passport-control point at the southern meeting of the Auob and Nossob valleys.

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