The Camdeboo National Park pretty much surrounds the town of Graaff-Reinet.
It consists of three separate parts, the main game viewing area around the dam, the Valley of Desolation area on the left, and the 4×4 area on the right. About half of the Valley of Desolation area is accessible by car, the other half is marked “4×4”.
So we left Fish Hoek early on Saturday, N2 to Mossel Bay, R328 to Oudtshoorn, Willowmore, Aberdeen… N1 via Beaufort West would probably have been quicker but it’s always nice to take a road you havn’t seen before.
Stopped at the Oppi-Vlak farm stall where they are very proud of their koek.
The Camdeboo campsite is nice, except for the plague of monkeys. I understand it’s hard to keep them out, but SanParks do have to pay more attention to this problem, these little guys make the experience less pleasant.
Curious mouse.
Curious zebra.
Curious gemsbok.
Lots of baby gemsbok.
Three-horned black wildebeest.
Wheee!
Bat-eared foxes are cute.
5c birds. They used to be endangered but these days I think they’re doing better than 5c pieces, which are obsolete.
We didn’t see any meerkat, which was a pity.