The closest camp is
Urikaruus (8 km)
Other camps:
Kalahari Tented Camp (37 km)
Mata-Mata (40 km)
13th Borehole
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Peter Derichs - Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park:
Originally known as "Grootskrij": groot = big, krij = diarrhoea.
Apparently Jackson, the surveyor, camped here and his oxen ate tsamma melon and drank the water,
resulting in the original name.
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2 pics of the waterhole. It's very close to the road but if there's (cat) action,
it might get cramped as there is not much leeway like with other waterholes
in the area (e.g. 14th, Dalkeith, Craig Lockhardt - all further north)
03/2010
03/2013
For me the waterhole hasn't produced such a great cheetah sighting as yours, pooky and nan,
let alone a caracal sighting ( ) but it's always good for birds.
it might get cramped as there is not much leeway like with other waterholes
in the area (e.g. 14th, Dalkeith, Craig Lockhardt - all further north)
03/2010
03/2013
For me the waterhole hasn't produced such a great cheetah sighting as yours, pooky and nan,
let alone a caracal sighting ( ) but it's always good for birds.
God put me on earth to accomplish a certain amount of things. Right now I'm so far behind that I'll never die.
Re: Flavour of the month - August 2013 - 13th Borehole
Mel wrote:Peter Derichs - Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park:
Originally known as "Grootskrij": groot = big, krij = diarrhoea.
Apparently Jackson, the surveyor, camped here and his oxen ate tsamma melon and drank the water,
resulting in the original name.
It's the thirteenth borehole created for the Union troops in 1908. Perhaps the place was known as Grootskrij before the waterhole was sunk
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right, it's one of the best place for little birds... like Waxbill
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March 2013
Gabar Gohawk/Autour gabar
allowed me to turn around... to have a front picture ... only few seconds
Gabar Gohawk/Autour gabar
allowed me to turn around... to have a front picture ... only few seconds
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Black-faced Waxbill/ Astrid à moustaches
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even Lion... in the shade
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Yellow Canary male and female
Cape Sparrow
Cape Sparrow
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African Red-eyed Bulbul/Bulbul brunoir
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