Wildlife & landscape
Gemsbok, springbok, wildebeest, eland, and hartebeest support lion, cheetah, leopard, brown and spotted hyena, with raptors prominent along the camel-thorn riverbeds.
Safari Place
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
Kgalagadi spans South Africa and Botswana around the normally dry Auob and Nossob valleys and the duneveld between and beyond them.
Wildlife highlights
Lion
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Cheetah
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Gemsbok
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Springbok
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Brown Hyena
Common
Leopard
Common
Hyena
Common
Wildebeest
Common
Seasonal
Wildebeest — seasonal: Local abundance shifts with rainfall.
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and nearby Safari geography
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Why safari here?
The park protects enough space for nomadic ungulates and their predators to respond to an exceptionally variable arid environment.
When to go
Rain is highly irregular and falls mainly from January to April. Summer shade temperatures can exceed 40°C, while winter nights can freeze.
Gateway & getting there
The main river roads are gravel and sand. This circuit follows the Nossob corridor before using a restricted-capacity four-wheel-drive connection into Botswana.
Typical visit
Several nights are necessary; official travel times between the main areas are measured in hours, not quick day-trip distances.
Nearby Safari geography
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Safari landscape and people
Kgalagadi and Khoe-speaking histories, former borehole farms, and the later transfrontier agreement belong to the same landscape as the riverbeds and wildlife movements.