We left for Kakamas early morning and travelled via Upington. Had to stop and buy the most unspeakably ugly shoes as my dainty flops was just not up to the river walks! Also stopped of for wine at the Orange River Wine sellers. On the banks of the river, as you drive into town, the most amazing sight of bright green wine vineyards greet you, after driving through near desert it is a fantastic sight and a testament to the wonder of water. Their wine is great and we always try to buy a few boxes when we are in the area.From Upington it's up to Keimoes and Khamkirri Lodge is on the Orange River, just before you reach the Pink Padstal outside Kakamas.
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| The Tented Accommodation |
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| The View from our tent |
The tent's are very luxurious and the welcome and greeting could not have been more friendly. We spend the afternoon warding off dehydration as it was SERIOUSLY hot and swam in the river - again, sadly, no diamonds!
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| The Deck on the river - perfect for sun downers - yep, our first stop ! |
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| Made a friend - this one even eats fruit salad! Check the unspeakably ugly shoes :( |
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| "Roughing it" - Neville and Chris style |
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| In a tent! |
We completely misunderstood the supper arrangements. You are suppose to place your order before 16:00 so the day staff can prepare everything before they leave at 17:00 and then, when you are ready, you wander up to the deck and your meal is served.
We, rather to enthusiastically, started sun downers early, and when we wandered up at 19:00 to order supper was told that everyone had already left and that we should have ordered earlier. Came in George to the rescue. What a fantastic guy, cooked us up a perfect steak, chips and salad with Red Wine. With a stunning view of the river, it was the best!
Gets seriously hot at night so sleeping, even in our luxury tent, was a battle and as we forgot the peaceful sleep at home - got munched to bits by every flying thing in the Kakamas area.