Calahari Desert: African Safari full of adventure, fun and "danger"

The Kalahari Desert in South Africa offers a wonderful opportunity for safari enthusiasts to enjoy the spectacular scenery and to go out in the wild. The northern Cape province has many contradictions. Besides the savannah, which has not been rainy for many years, it has one of the most successful vineyards in the country, Tourists can enjoy a tour along the border between Botswana and Namibia.

In the morning, the sun sends its scorching rays over the region, which was chilly in the night. Tourists lie in front of the building on the edge of the nature reserve Kgalagadi Transfunter, located in the northern region of South Africa near the border with Botswana. Tourists see some small animals scattered on red sand.

Beware of the Mongoose

The guards warn tourists while walking and advise them to pay attention to the position of their feet and their beaches in an area where ferret animals, usually attacking visitors, are in short trousers. They stand on their hind legs and extend their belly toward the bright sunlight.

Cape North is one of the largest provinces in South Africa and is the most remote between Botswana and Namibia. The landscape in the Trans-Kgalagadi Nature Reserve begins with a similar landscape to the sandy desert of Kalahari. Here, the animals, freely inhabiting a large area of ​​flatland, move freely; there is no fence to prevent leopards, foxes and wild animals from crossing the African border .

At a distance of 250 km southward, the Orange River flows into Namibia and follows the rocky terrain. The natural landscape of the riverbed includes many beautiful sand dunes, magnificent rock formations, valleys and magnificent slopes.

Thanks to the availability of water in this region, it is considered one of the richest regions of the vineyard in South Africa; With all these landscapes, wild nature is visible; tourists see giraffes in the Oberges Falls Reserve, near the border with Namibia, and the tigers live next to the raging waters of this reserve.

Dirt Colors

In contrast, the Kalahari Desert is dominated by drought and droughts, and hills and plateaus look like earthy tones, from white sand in the hills to bright red in the sand dunes. Most of the vegetation is of trees, flora and dry grass, and the navigators, which were found in the former lakes, dried up from the scorching sun.

The extraction of salt from these navigators along with tourism activity is one of the most important economic activities in this region.

In this arid region, plants and animals need certain characteristics and characteristics to survive. Acacia roots here extend to a depth of 100 meters in the sandy subsoil, and large oysters bear high temperatures here up to 46 ° C thanks to the cooling system in their noses They also have a special supply of water. The plants, called the "Oryx Roots," contain a high proportion of water, and despite the bitter taste of these herbs, they protect them from exposure to drought.

Lodge "Xaus"

On the western side of the nature reserve is the "Xaus" lodge, which houses 12 wooden huts connected to each other by the fence. The tourists went on a night tour accompanied by tourist guide Melissa. She asked them to adjust the headlights downwards so as not to cause damage to the ostrich, who could become blind if he looked at the direct lighting for several minutes and thus become an easy prey.

Melissa belongs to the Meer tribe, an indigenous ethnic group of the Kalahari desert and the San Khomeani tribe. The young woman grew up in a nearby farm before she started working in the Lodge kitchen and later moved to work as a tour guide with Andres, Work and tell her the necessary information about the Kalahari Desert.

The fishing knowledge and techniques of the Meer and San Khomeani tribes are mainly heritage and folklore. The 1960s saw the expulsion of these tribes from Kalahari and were deprived of their traditional lives. By the beginning of the third millennium, the remaining groups had demanded the restoration of 50,000 hectares of land, but the time when fruit collectors and animal hunters had lived was irreversible and became part of the past. A lodge in this heritage area has therefore been built as an additional source of income, and tourism revenues are partly divided into two tribes.

The drought in the Kalahari desert lasted for four years, so the animals are scrambling for the few lakes; the law of survival prevails. The Kalahari blacks have an infinite right to drink in this arid environment. The horned oysters, which resemble the spears, appear in a weak position amidst this vast crowd of animals that are pushing towards the water.