MAIN CAMPS
Only the main camps have filling stations and shops. All the filling stations have petrol and diesel and accept fuel, credit and debit cards. Carry cash with you because the machines are sometimes offline (only Twee Rivieren has an ATM).
The shops are like small supermarkets and sell everything from ice, meat, beer and firewood to toothpaste and soap – and ice cream!
The water in the Kalahari is brackish – bring your own water from home if you don’t like the taste, or buy bottled water at the shops.
33 Twee Rivieren
This big rest camp is next to the dry Nossob riverbed at the southern entrance to the park. It’s the park HQ and also a border post – if you travel to or from Namibia (via Mata-Mata) or Botswana (see page 78) you have to report to Twee Rivieren and spend at least two nights at camps inside the park.
Aside from the reception office where you do your paperwork, the camp also has a shop, a filling station (remember to lower your tyre pressure to 1.6 bar for dirt-road driving), a restaurant, an ATM, an information centre and a swimming pool. This is the only camp where you’ll have uninterrupted power and cellphone reception.
Most visitors stay at Twee Rivieren on their first or last night in the park and the campsite is often busy. There are 24 stands with power and six stands without power – max six people per stand. The communal ablution facilities are neat. Rates: R400 with power; R335 without power for two people, plus R100 per extra adult and R50 per extra child aged 2 – 11.
The 31 cottages are A-frame selfcatering units with air conditioning, and they sleep 2 – 6 people. Each has an equipped kitchen and a bathroom. The cottages with the best views are those that look out over the dune fields towards the Nossob riverbed and neighbouring Botswana. Cottages from R1 425 p.n. for two people, plus R290 per extra
