How to enter the Park

There are five gates through which one can enter the Park. These are located in three different countries. The only access from South Africa is at the  Twee Rivieren gate. Botswana has three access gates at Kaa, Mabuasehube and Two Rivers, and from Namibia one can enter at Mata-Mata. From the South African side no passports are necessary.

Speed limit

There is a speed limit of 50km/h in the Park, and in the rest camps one is limited to 20 km/h. Many animals get run over by speeding vehicles as they tend to sometimes blend in with the environment. Further more, by driving slowly the dust factor is also greatly reduced.

Feeding of animals 

Feeding of wild animals is prohibited throughout the park. Inside camping areas, beware of Jackals who are known to go as far as grabbing food from your fireplace. 

Customary Camps

Most facilities like shops, swimming pools, rangers, information centres and fuel are to be found at the more traditional camps like Mata-Mata, Nossob and Twee Rivieren. The latter is the administrative centre and the only passport control office.

Firewood.

Visitors to the Park are kindly requested not to collect firewood in the park, but rather bring along enough of your own or buy from one of the shops. Dry tree trunks and dead wood often harbours a myriad of small animals like rodents or reptiles, not to mention a variety of seedlings and insects. The dead wood is nature’s way of providing shelter for these animals and organisms, so by removing it the ecology is disturbed every time. In years to come the dead wood will decompose and return natural nutrients and minerals back into the soil to feed new life again.

Sensitive Ecosystem

There are many organisms living in the dunes and riverbeds, and off-road driving in these areas has a marked impact on this sensitive ecosystem, biologically as well as from a aesthetic point of view. Vehicle tracks left on the dunes and in the river beds remain there for a very long time and spoils the natural beauty of the environment.