Wild campsites have the ability to make you feel a million miles away from the tedium of your daily routine, but they're not for the faint-hearted. Often they're at the end of treacherous roads with few facilities, and when the fire dies down there's no stopping visitors of the four-legged kind from slinking in to investigate. Satisfy your wild side at these campsites.......
Lesholoaga Pan - Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park , Botswana
Lesholoago Camp
Location: 22 km from Mabuasehube East Gate.
Situated in the Mabuasehube GR on the western perimeter of the Lesholoago Pan which makes game viewing easy. The camp site has a shade shelter and pit latrine. Booking and prepayment required.
Lesholoago Camp 2
Location: 22 km from Mabuasehube East Gate.
Situated in the Mabuasehube GR on the eastern side of the Lesholoago Pan, the camp site has a shade shelter, pit latrine, rustic shower, toilet and running water. Booking and prepayment required.
Mahurushele - khutse Game Reserve, Botswana
Moreswe 2, for scenery and isolation. This campsite looks out over the Moreswe Pan. If you stand on the roof of your bakkie you can see the nearby waterhole.
GPS: S23.56194 E24.09685
Molose 1, for wildlife. This campsite is spacious and located a stone’s throw from a permanent waterhole that often attracts lions and other animals.
GPS: S23.38425 E24.18688
Mahurushele 3, for shade. Khutse can become scorching hot in summer. No other campsite offers as much shade as this one.
GPS: S23.28445 E24.38987
Masuma Dam - Hwange National Park , Zimbabwe
Masuma Dam Camping Site is situated within Hwange National Park. Located on a high point offering a spectacular view of the wildlife and plain. Day and night camping is allowed even exclusive camping, the campsites are fenced. Clean with ablution.
Namuskluft - Rosh Pinah, Namibia
Namuskluft Restcamp in the south of Namibia 20KM from the Orange river.
It was first started as a base from which 4x4 trips headed into the
surrounding mountains. Apart from Campsites there is also self-catering
bungalows available. Activities include hiking trails, self-drive 4x4
trips, and a swimming pool.
Chipinda Pools - Gonarezhou National Park, Zimbabwe
The Chipinda Pools Tented Camp, a fantastic new facility, completed in July 2012 was funded by the Frankfurt Zoological Society as part of the Gonarezhou Conservation Project and comprises four extremely spacious East African style tents.
Two of the tents have a double bed and two stretcher beds and two of the tents have a double bed and two single beds allowing one plenty of flexibility for families. Each tent has an en suite bathroom (with solar geysers providing copious amounts of piping hot water) at the back of each tent and a large covered veranda at the front.
umThombe Kei River Lodge - Wild Coast, South Africa
Hidden away on the banks of the Great Kei River lies a small valley surrounded by cycad-strewn cliffs, eagle-view koppies and fig-cradled forests. The local Xhosa tribes describe this place as 'kwanto zonke' - 'here is everything'. Nestled in this secluded nature reserve you will find a rustic lodge, where harmony and tranquility resonate with the ebb and flow of the tide.
Nyamepi Camp - Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe
Located in the Mana Pools National Park along the Zambezi River. Nyamepi camp is a large public camp and offers two large lodges, three standard lodges and a communal campsite, all self-catering. 3 ablution facilities. The camp is not fenced, and there is game roaming around. Booking is essential, and no person will be allowed into the park without a booking, as well as an entry-permit, which has to be obtained at Marongora, at the Dept of Parks and Wildlife office, about 5km south of the entrance gate.
A relic of one of the world's largest super-lakes, the Makgadikgadi dried up thousands of years ago as a result of the continued shifting of the earth's crust.
