Camping in the Kalahari; Khutse Game Reserve in Botswana
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- Опубліковано 23 кві 2023
- Join Venessa and I for another overland self-drive adventure in the Kalahari, camping in Khutse Game Reserve in Botswana!
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Khutse camp, Molose, Moreswe, Mahurushele, Khankhe: www.bigfoottours.co.bw/
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Africa holidays are not cheap, but its worth every cent. We started in 2006,, 2013 did Mana Pools, have done Botswana , Namibia and in SA one of the most spectacular parks for us is Mapungubwe did not see a lot of animals, but those rock formations going back Dec 2024. Thanks for sharing, its programs like this, that make us end up in the bush,,,
Cracker episode Chris! Makes me want to get out there again! Thanks for all the hard work putting it together!
Thanks Ed, much appreciated!
It was great being back in the Kalahari! I didn't show Molose 1 and 3; Molose 1 is right across the waterhole but has no shade. Molose 3 is a nice site but there was some confusion at the gate whether the ablutions needed repair or not. There were people on no 3 eventually so I guess not. PS. The female lion in the video is Desi with 5 of the 7 sub-adults of her litter. She generally moves with LF047, her sister from Molose. She is 12 years old. They are mainly active in Moreswe but they still come up to Molose where they meet other 2 adult females with their cubs. The father of the sub-adults we saw is either Rocket or Snooks, the male coalition dominating Khutse GR prides.
Well worth the wait! Your footage of the lions and elephants was just beautiful.
Cannot wait for the next one
Thank you!
Great. Kutse is lovely. Have a great time brother., 🇧🇼
I love Khutse! 🇧🇼
great episode mate, thanks for sharing
Thanks Steve!
Chris I really enjoyed the video. Great work. Glad to see Vanessa also on the trip. The Fortuner and Companion makes out a very nice rig. We appreciate you sharing this with us.
Thanks Paul!
Thoroughly enjoyed this!
Loved the lion footage with the elephants in the background. Fantastic!
Thank you!
Another stunning episode Chris and some incredible soundtracks
Thank you!
What an inspiration to watch this video . Much appreciated . Thanks
Thank you!
Awesome Chris, The Beast is looking great can't wait to see the next episode 😊
Enjoyed this, liked the fact you named some of the birds and animals on the video. Will be looking at others of your videos.
Enjoyed that very much. Your detailed descriptions of camps would be great help to future travellers. Gives me lift to see my name at the end.
Thanks Doug, appreciate the support!
You did a brilliant job in editing. Great to see your adventure and share it with us. Majestic experience!
Thanks Ashley!
Another beautiful episode
Thank you!
Hey Chris - another great video - excellent shots and great editing.
Thanks Alan!
Great video! Enjoyed the camp setup walk around.
Thanks Robert!
Having had the huge privilege to spend time in places like this, your film brought home to me how amazing Southern Africa really is. My wife and I hold places like this very close to our hearts and we will treasure our time in the bush. Sadly she is no longer able to travel due to illness, so our time together laughing with friends round the campfire and enjoying potjie chicken is at an end. So your video is as close as we can get to bushcamps, so thank you for sharing with the global community.
It’s my pleasure! I’m sorry to hear about your wife, hopefully a little vicarious travel will help a bit, thanks for coming along!
@@GetOutGO with friends who know ever bird, plant and tree, we tended to look beyond the big five (still great to see), but who knew the Ellie tracks would be so beautiful or that their dung could be home to hundreds of dung beetles. Your subtitles with birds names just acted as another reminder of the diversity in the bush and all it’s characters too. I’m fortunate that my job as a conservation manager in Scotland takes me all over the remotest parts of the highlands, so I do have privileged access to our wild land - but I do miss that lions roar in the dark though……..
That was incredible production. I loved the music 🎶 background. Good work
Thank you!
Your videos keep getting better and better and awesome that you are travelling with Vanessa...a great informative and entertaining vid, and another place added to the bucket list 😊
Thanks David!
Awesome Vid! Thanks Christoff!!
Thanks Jeremy!
Loved this episode! Thank you so much for this. My wife and I are avid campers and we LOVE watching your videos. Keep em comin!
Safe travels... 👍🙏
Thanks Allister!
Awesome content! Glad you are enjoying your interior rear roof rack.😎
Thanks Alistair!
Beautiful out there, thanks for sharing 🤙🕶
It sure is, thanks Paul!
Fantastic song choice... wow Great video!
Thanks!
Excellent! Job well done in the kgalagadi...n ot was nice meeting you guys on your way to kutse 😊
Was great meeting you as well Thebe!
A great episode Chris,,,, been waiting. Shout out,,,, The Fortuner still kicking alright.😇😇
Thanks! I’m having a low power / high fuel consumption at the moment, still trying to find the issue but otherwise fine 👍
@@GetOutGO My elder bro's van is having the same issue. Took it for diagnosing ,,,, seem to be injectors.He's driving a Nissan Navara
Great video Christoff. Inspires me to get out and go.
Thanks Michael!
Great journey... Loved the places and your video 👍
Thank you!
Christoff wow what an epic episode love the camping spots the sunset and the lions roar out of this world the animals in great shape die bos vuur altyd n wenner love the jakkels cry thanks for epic episode
Dankie Shaun!
Really I like this video 👍🏼
Amazing Camera shots....
Great video Christof! Like that you share the pricing as well.
Thanks Henk! I usually don’t discuss pricing as it changes often and can get quite complicated but I have started mentioning it if I think it’s expensive or good value.
Hi Chris, wow, this is again an excellent video, thanks for posting. I'm getting seriuos "urges" to visit all these Botswana sites that are on my bucket list (more like a 45 gallon drum)! Great stuff, mooi loop! Edit : thanks for adding the bird names in the videos, great for me "wannabe" birder sitting here in Germany. 😁
Thank you 🙏🏻
Thanks for the update i was hoping for ... Ive forced a bit of 6 camp visitors to help whit repairing the Molose Waterhole Pump .... Teamed up with 6 visitors and the repairgroup of 3 persons , within 3 days the water was running again in that only dual muddy waterhole. After getting a new pump and joining up again.. within 4 hours the pipe all was running again ... I ve personally leared the Molose Waterhole area from huge amount of plastics of the old broken waterpipes . I hope they repaired also the wateroutlet at Molose. Immediatly the day after the lions came back again and i had to lure the Ellies to tha freh water again (they did not smell the new water), day later i did see leopard at the waterhole but he did not spot the fresh water . The lions played later with a part of the old pipes laying around . I am sooo glad the waterpump is still working . I had to go 2 days after the repair of Molose Waterhole and did not have any feedback..... I am so pleased .. you made my day. By the way I am a Dutch Aircraft Engineer and come to these areas to ease down from the hard work ...at AMS . But unfortunately i never can sit still ..so in case help is required for the sake of wildlife i will be active. And with great content of all the parcipitants who have supported me. over there ..... good and lasting job. I hope other people will help also ... because the 3 persons who had to do the work ..sayd to me that they never experiences a white person assisting them..... a great shame.
Thank you for the info! You have to wonder where R700+ pppd is going? It’s clearly not spent on maintenance
@@GetOutGO We can complain about it and do nothing about it (and advice them not voting for the wrong president) ….. remember …..Its about the existence of wildlife ! Not about politics here ! So get the lazy arses of the seats and help them restore the damage … if there is a possibility.
Great video❤
Thank you!!
thanks
Hallo Chris. You must close the hole at the back of your gas burner pipe you used to light your fire. Its a breather hole. You only exspose the whole after you turn off the gas and to kill the flame. With the whole close, the burner will burn must stronger and higher. You will safe a lot of gas. Good luck. Nice video.
Great video. Enjoyed very much. Just returned from Molose2. Saw the same group of lions (collared female +5 subadult males). Definitely much more bull ellies coming down this far in Kalahari. Bots camping prices are just insane, but hey , you miss those Kruger crowds. What a lekker place!!!
Thanks Johann! I think it would be great if DWNP could create a loyalty card (like SANParks' wildcard) for regular visitors? In the meanwhile I'm encouraging visitors to contact DWNP and express their concerns regarding the hiked fees; dwnp@gov.bw
@@GetOutGO. Yip, they've always followed the low impact high income model. Like Okavango. Another point is that you pay for the day you leave as well. Was surprised by that. Bigfoot didn't inform us about that. I like the remoteness, solitude and bush experience , hence i am NOT complaining.
I was fortunate to see you the day you passed by molepolole💪
Wave me down next time! 🙂
Great and very inspring video, Christoff! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Björn!
I first visited khutse in 1990 and went at least 4 times a year for the next 15 years ! Have camped at most of the camp sites! Never saw elephants that far south.
Lately there are numerous. Apparently the first recoded elephants in the area were as early as the 1900s but there was obviously a long period of absence. The Leopard ecology and conservation group will be launching a study on this.
@@GetOutGO It would be really interesting to find out when they returned to the area.
Nice 👍
Thanks!
Therapeutic. Makes me really wanna get out and go.
Thanks, then it’s mission accomplished 😉
Wow..just nice way to spend the week..watching from Malawi..visit us please especially Nyika,u will love it.great video.
Thank you! I can’t wait to come film Malawi!
Good one mate👏 Do you perhaps know how far CGKR are from Kgalagadi? Planning on doing a Mabuasehube trip next year with CGKR.
Thanks! Depends from where in the CKGR. From Khutse south gate to Mabua 1 is around 530km (8-10h drive). From Xade gate to Mabua 1 500km (also 10h+ drive). From Matswere gate up North to Mabua is 933km (couple days’ drive).
Come to Kenya guys
We love our camping here as well
I’ve been to Nakuru and the Mara before but I’d like to drive from SA to Kenya still! 👍
@Get Out, GO! Nice. Currently in Lake Nakuru. ☺️ it's a bit cold but there's no such thing as bad weather, only bad choice of clothes. Have a good one.
That Bird at 33:00 sounds like my wife ;)
😯😂
Thanks Chris, great video as always. What would be the decision to go with a trailer or the RTT?
Thanks! If it my wife and I and we’re stationary for a while the trailer is more comfortable. It also carries a lot more water which was useful here obviously.
Hey Christoff. Sorry, seemed have to deleted my earlier comment by mistake. Lekker video, really enjoyed the trip with you. Roads to Khutse looked good. Roads inside the park looked quite sandy in places, so probably not ideal for a 4x2…also could probably create more wear and tear on the roads too.
No problem! Roads to the reserve are okay. It's slow through the villages (Zeerust to the border, Molepolole) and the last 100km dirt from Letlhakeng to the gate is badly corrugated in places (they do grade sometimes so it's luck of the draw). You could make it to the gate and maybe even Khutse camp with a 4x2 but there are a few stretches in the reserve where you need a 4x4.
Thanks mate. Appreciate the feedback!
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Thanks mate, awesome video and information!!!. How do you manage safety with unfenced camps and people around. Shall really appreciate your advice, we camp heaps but need advice
Thanks Deon!
Rule no. 1; no running (especially kids)! 2. Always leave vehicles unlocked and seats accessible so you can retreat to those when you’re in camp (or go to your tent if that’s closer). 3. Park vehicles behind you with the fire in front of you. 4. Have an air-horn with you (only use in emergency though). 5. Always secure food and garbage (out of reach and out of sight). 6. Have a bright flashlight on you (don’t shine in animals’s eyes directly though obviously). 7. Hyena’s usually scare off easily with deep “voetsek” if they get too close 😂, if there are a big group though rather retreat to safety.
@@GetOutGO thank you, much appreciated 👍
Hi great video! Which dewhot geyser do you have installed?
Hi, thanks! It’s the 5L (low pressure eco-flow)
How do you justify the exorbitant fees? I booked earlier in the year. R1550 for two people per night with no facilities. It would seem that Botswana wildlife is pricing themselves out of the market for the average person.
Park fees have indeed become very expensive after the last hike. I would love to see DWNP create a loyalty card (like SANParks’ Wildcard) that would it make it more affordable for regular visitors. Please send feedback regarding park fees to dwnp@gov.bw
Hi Chris, thank you for your info on the campsites in Khutse. In your opinion are they cleaner then the sites in Mabuasehube? Mabua shows little maintenance done to campsites as well as the clearing away of refuse. This was in 2021.
One more question please. What was the name of the game reserve on the north western border of Kruger with all the Baobabs in the campsites. You gave a review on that game reserve. Look forward to hearing from you. Regards Sue
Hi Sue, The campsites at Khutse are clean, the ablutions need maintenance though.
Makuya maybe? I did a video but not a review. The camp up there I did a review for is Nthakeni. Both are stunning! Makuya is wild (no facilities) and Nthakeni has stunning facilities but outside the park.
@@GetOutGO Thank you very much Chris. Happy camping!
Nice outing, want to do the same route with a corsa bakkie 1.7dti. Do you think I'll survive?
Unfortunately not, you need a 4x4 (4wd at least) lots of thick sand sections.
Hi Chris, just a couple of questions. Firstly, absolutely crappy water heater installed in the military tuff companion! What dewhot heater did you have installed? Did you experience any soft sand and hassles pulling the companion around Khutse? Lastly, how is the availability inspite of the exorbitant prices charged. Thanks for an awesome channel, really informative ❤
Thanks Trevor! Yeah, I must have had that Hansen geyser back at Conqueror 5 times! The last time I even tried to work with Hansen directly, all I got was attitude. It’s the 5l Dewhot (low pressure eco-flow), the Atlas works as well apparently. There is some thick sand in patches but nothing crazy, dropped the trailer to around 2,2bar.
what do you guys do with regards to Lions when camping over night?
Stay aware of your surroundings, good flashlight, always keep vehicles / shelter accessible to retreat to those. Chemical toilet in the cubible
Christoff, waar kan ek ‘n hoed koop soos joune? By voorbaat dankie.
Hi, dis ‘n Drizabone van Australië. Hulle maak ongelukkig nie meer hoedens nie. Akubra is die naaste daaraan maar hulle is vrek duur!
Do u put stuff away at night, like solar pannels and other regular camp equipment in fear of lions or other animals destroying them?
Yes, we put anything remotely chewable (soft solar panels, cables, pipes etc) away at night especially if there are hyenas in the area.
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What is the name of that device (burner) thingie... seems pretty cool
Hi, it's a fire stick. You can buy them at Ourdoor Warehouse, Builders Warehouse etc. They work great!
@@GetOutGO Thank you
Nice vid, but I presume you haven’t been to australia
Thanks! Have been but mostly around Melbourne
hi is it safe to camp all alone in them bush ?
Much safer than the city...
What do you do when animals like those lions lie in the road? Do you wait for them to leave?
Yup, they have right of way (plus it’s amazing just watching them in any case). Give elephants a wide berth, they don’t like being crowded and are dangerous, even though you’re in a car.
How does one book Botsolana? Not sure about the spelling
Hi Henriette, you can email botsalano@nwpb.org.za or phone +27 (0)18 386 8900
Thanks
Chris, weereens n baie goeie video. Kan jy my asb. in kontak bring met die persoon wat die Mercedes Sprinter 4x4 in die video verskyn. Ek wil hom graag n paar vrae vra ivm. die voertuig se performance in daardie terein. Ek stel belang in so n voertuig vir die toekoms.
Dankie! Sekerlik, stuur my asb. ‘n epos na info@getoutgo.co.za