We need tips in our planning!!

We arriving on saturday in Windhoek and on wednesday we want to be in fish river canyon.

We don't know what to do in between. We were thinking to go to kgalagadi NP, but don't know how far it is from Windhoek and from kgalagadi NP to Fish River Canyon?

We can only do 2 or 3 nights there on the max, because we can start driving on sunday after 11Am to kgalagadi, so maybe we can make it , but maybe not.

We want to do some wildlife driving in that days, and heard that kgalagadi NP is a great park with lot of sights.

What is your advice? What to do?

Hallo, Moswic,

I wouldn't worry about,

have a look at T4A map - you find it here in the Namibia-Forum >KNOW-HOW >Karten
an you'll have an excellent possibility to plan your route (beside each road you'll find the distance and time you need).

Good Luck
lilytrotter

Ok, I hoped people had some experience in real. When I check it says around 6 hours to kgalagadi and from kgalagadi to Fish River Canyou also 5-6 hours.

Don't know if kgalagadi is worth a visit, or that there are other interesting parks on the road to fish river canyon that are better reachable or better then kgalagadi. Also don't know how much time to spend in kgalagadi, is 2 days enough....

Thanks

Dear Moswic,

KTP is absolutely worth a visit, but the 6 hours drive from Windhoek to Mata Mata (next entrance to the park) is very optimistic. If you can only start on Sunday at 11:00 you can´t make it the same day because the boarder closes at 16:30. So you have to plan a stop somewhere not too far away from the entrance, can go to KTP on Monday, stay there for 2 nights and leave it early to make it to Fish River Canyon. Sunset is before 18:00 and you shoud make sure that you reach your destination as long as it is still bright.

Another problem is the capacity of accomodation in the KTP. it is a little difficult to get free rooms or campgrounds inside the park. I guess the only possibility for you is Mata Mata or Twee Rivieren, because otherwhise the way to the Fish River Canyon ist too far on Wednesday.

You find a lot of information about the KTP on the Sanpark Homepage, like opening hours, free accomodation, maps and so on.

Kind regards
Karin

" I hoped people had some experience in real"
A lot of people here have a lot of experience in real, but you ask questions in a foreign langunage, need very fast answers and everybody who really loves the KTP, stays there for at least 5 days, some people even stay there for weeks. So it´s not too easy to find an answer.

hi Moswic

2 days for Kgalagadi is not worth the driving. You should stay there at least 5 days
this park is one of our favourites 🙂 🙂
I would suggest to stay somewhere in the Kalahari ( e.g. near Mariental) , another stop in Keetmanshoop to see the quiver trees and then head on to Fish River.

Angelika

Hi,
can you please post your whole trip here? Which season / month did you choose for your vacation?
It is very difficult to give you any advice without knowing your plans in detail. Where do you want to travel after the Canyon?
Why would anybody drive to the KTP for only 2 nights?
As mentioned previously, not really easy to provide you with any advice for your trip.
Additionally, it would be good to know what is of your interest in general. Safari, nature or something else?
You can also consider to spend some days at Sesriem/Sossusvlei area before heading down south.
However, maybe you have planned to drive there after your visit at Fishriver?
Would be great if you can shed some light into all of the questions people might have.
Be more specific – this will definitely help you receiving the answers you are asking for.
Cheers, Mari

We go there end of july, after fish river canyon (2 nights), then 1 night klein aus, then 2 night Sesriem then further north to swakopmund, etc etc.

It's just the first days we want to see some wildlife and thought KTP is a good choice.

What do you think, maybe 1 day less in fish river canyon or skip a night in klein aus? Or not visit KTP?
There is a campspot in KTP available for the date we want in Nossob and Mata Mata camp. So maybe we can first go to Nossob and then after back and stay at Mata Mata camp??

For how many days do you plan to travel in total? Did you already book anything?
Thanks, M.

We booked 6 nights etosh, 2 nights sesriem

Ok – this is now a lot clearer to me at least.
You might consider as follows:
1 day Windhoek at arrival – stay there it’s not worthwhile the hassle to drive somewhere far away
1 day somewhere close to the Kalahari (i.e. Bagatelle Campsite)
2 day’s Fish River (it could be very cold in July down there)
2 days D707: for example Koiimasis
…then proceed to Sesriem for your onward journey.
Forget KTP for only 2 nights - it is too much of a hassle to simply drive there to stay overnight, then maybe visit the park for one day and then drive back to Fish River.
Remember, you will drive a lot – it is not really fun to spend 6 hours or more in the car every day…make sure you can stay everywhere for at least 2 nights.
Cheers, M

What to do in the Kalahari, because that was our first plan.
Are there animals, wildlife selfdrive tracks etc. Is there any gaming like KTP?

😄 this is the place I am referring to:
http://www.bagatelle-kalahari-gameranch.com/
this is far away from the KTP - the place is on your way to Fish River...