Africa Wild

Ministry of Environment Wildlife and Tourism


Tender No: PR 18/4/1/7-1
Tender Title: Department of Wildlife and National Parks recommendation to open financial proposals for the Construction and management of tourism consession areas in the Kgalagadi Transfontier Park in favour of the following;

1. Tashebube (Pty) Ltd for Rooiputs, Marie se Draai, Polentswa and Union�s End Lodge Concession

2. Hollyhock (Pty) Ltd for Mabuasehube and Marie se Draai.

Board Decision: Approved
Submission Date: 26.10.2007

During the course of 2013 Ta Shebube will be opening its three desert camps - Rooiputs, Polentswa and Union’s End, all strategically situated along the predator-rich Nossob River Valley on the Botswana side of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park.

Rooiputs, located 25 km north of Twee Rivieren, will comprise of 11 luxury thatched chalets constructed out of a clever mix of wood, canvas and glass with furnishings reflecting the rich ethnic textures of Africa and the desert. Whereas Polentswa and Union’s End, located 190 km north, will be classic tented camps capturing the romance of this nostalgic bygone era (9 and 6 tents respectively). Honeymoon and family units, bush spa, lapa, boma, library, swimming pool and bird hide will be additional features at selected camps.

All camps can be accessed by road and there are daily flights from Cape Town and Johannesburg into Upington. The Twee Rivieren airstrip is a 50 minute charter from Upington.

Construction started on 10 September with the first camp, Rooiputs, scheduled to open in early 2013.

The Kgalagadi is characterised by the red rolling sand dunes, dune bushveld, the fossil river environment of the Nossob and Auob River valleys and vast open Acacia savannas. Predators are the area’s big attraction and include the black maned Kgalagadi lion, leopard, brown and spotted hyena, jackal and wildcat and is one of Africa’s best parks for the cheetah, which thrive by hunting in its fossil river valleys and the surrounding dunes. The dry river beds show predators and antelopes off at a premium and provide excellent photographic opportunities. Eighty well established water holes along the Auob and Nossob Rivers attract large numbers of desert plains game and predators and their proximity to the game drive roads make them an ideal close-up vantage point for photographers.

For further information please either contact Ta Shebube on info@tashebube.com or their marketing representative Martina Warwick on info@safari-agency.com .

Toko wrote:
Rooiputs Lodge
Opening April 2013

Polentswa Lodge
Opening May 2013 (Airstrip is planned)

Union's End Lodge
Opening September 2013.