Southern CKGR: ONE Road to NOWHERE - Bape To Xaxa Camp

[@ASimplyFabLife]

BLOG: asimplyfab.life/driving-the-central-kalahari-game-reserve/ Heat, dust, sand and more sand! And those dead-straight tracks leading into the bush.

[@Serajulali-s8q]

Randy Drives

[@Allthingsdefender]

I lived in SA do a year and spent a few weeks up in Botswana and Zimbabwe amazing place I too stayed out in the bush your video brings back memories of the vastness of Africa.

[@ASimplyFabLife]

Cheers for the comment - amazing place Africa Nice car btw👍😎

[@PhyllisFernandez-t2s]

Jeremie Trail

[@ElmerJFudd-oi9kj]

Dakota must be sooo jealous right now.

[@troopyinafrica]

Did this route SOLO last year in August 2023. The campsite had just been destroyed by the elephants when I got there. Green fresh leaves all over. Great to see it recovered. Those are hard going roads. Broke a mirror on that Bape / Xaxa road. The X is a click on the roof of your mouth. Imagine a bushman sound. FYI as I understand it yes the CKGR local people prefer to be called Bushmen and not Khoisan. Lethiahua is a massive push for one day - 9hours on Tracks for Africa with no stops 😱. Took me all day from Piper to Xaxa. Going to have to watch the next one to see how that worked out😀. CKGR is epic. Busy slowly uploading my trip to KZbin as well. PS Subscribed🤙

[@ASimplyFabLife]

Fantastic place. I was happy just trawling through the bush, miles from anywhere. Endless tracks, heat, dust, isolation... Solo is pretty ballsy - although you DO have a Troopy, which is quite a bit more capable than the Hiluxes. Yes, Letiahau was ambitious from Xaxa (180 k's or so). A test of stamina😅🥵. At Xade gate we had a group vote and the rookies were happy to find civilisation again - can't blame them in the conditions as first-timers. Have to go back now!😊 Happy with our route though (an extra jerrycan would have made all the difference) and can now tick off a section of the Kalahari. Gotta say though, Xaxa is quite an amazing spot for a piece of dirt in the middle of nowhere! Cheers for the comment (subbed back - will check out Bots Solo Ep1🤙) Keep rollin' out there!

[@poojasingh2113]

Why do you find it strange that there is a remote Khoisan village there? That is their native land and their way of life woven in with the kalahari ecosystem.

[@ASimplyFabLife]

Thank you for your kind and considered words of encouragement. This leads me to believe that you haven't seen the next video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppnOnpaomJhmesk nor have you read the blog (about half way down): asimplyfab.life/driving-the-central-kalahari-game-reserve/ But hey, this is why we travel - to learn and experience something new wherever you go.