After hosting 10 lions in our campsite in the previous episode [ • Ten Lions in our camp ... ] in this episode we drive the Mosomane and Polentswa Wilderness Eco Trails in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park which straddles the border between South Africa and Botswana. This entails camping unfenced 95km from the nearest humans. The wilderness trails on the Botswana side of the park provide a true wilderness experience. With large predators wandering freely through your camp it is up to you to act sensibly and to stay safe - we never encountered a game ranger. Only one group at a time is allowed on the trails so if you are craving seclusion this is for you. According to park rules you have to be a group of at least two vehicles though.We saw a wide variety of wildlife, including Springbok, Bat-eared foxes, Gemsbok (Oryx), Ostrich, Red Hartebeest, Blue Wildebeest, Steenbok, Eland, Lion and Cheetah as well as prolific birdlife. We again saw lions up close and even witnessed a Cheetah kill (unfortunately quite far away). We were amazed to find a pan with water in it, complete with wading birds.We had to deal with dry grasses accumulating around our vehicles’ exhaust systems and grass seeds blocking radiators despite the use of a seed net - but it was certainly worthwhile.We stayed at Mosomane, Nossob, Polentswa, Sesatswe and Lang Rambuka campsites.
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Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:57 Mosomane campsite
3:06 Lions in the Nossob
4:15 Cheetah kill
4:40 Polentswa Trail Day 1
5:50 Sesatswe camp
7:17 Polentswa Trail Day 2
8:32 Lang Rambuka
09:00 Polentswa Trail Day 3
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