Northern Cape Mega Self-Drive Road Trip - Trip Itinerary & Guide (Travel South Africa)[Overlanding]
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- Our Northern Cape Mega self-drive road trip (including brief stops and travels in and through the North West, the Western Cape, and the Free State) and our route / itinerary. The full overlanding adventure through South Africa's largest province.
#NorthernCapeMega
All the stops, all the adventures, all the destinations.
0:00 Intro
0:24 Preparation
0:55 Getting to the Northern Cape
1:11 Brief Stop-Over
1:27 Witsand
4:04 Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
7:28 Car Trouble Part 1
9:25 Augrabies Falls National Park
11:11 Pella
12:11 Vioolsdrift and Growcery
12:20 Helskloof Pass Vioolsdrif Area
12:42 Richtersveld
14:22 Richtersveld Passes
15:16 Namaqualand Coast
16:55 Tankwa Karoo National Park
18:19 Ouberg Pass and More Car Trouble
19:00 Sidetrack on the Way Home (Matjiesfontein and Inibos)
19:40 All the way home
20:12 Outro
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For the list of full episodes on each of the stops and every campsite review and accommodation review, see below.
-Witsand Nature Reserve: • Travel Review: Witsand...
-Witsand Campsite Review: • Campsite Review: Witsa...
-Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park: • Travel Review (Updated...
-Twee Rivieren Campsite Review: • Campsite Review: Twee ...
-Mata Mata Campsite Review: • Campsite Review: Mata ...
-Nossob Campsite Review: • Campsite Review: Nosso...
-Gharagab Wilderness Camp Review: • Travel/Accommodation R...
-Top 10 Tips on Surviving the Kgalagadi: • Top 10: Surviving the ...
-Augrabies Falls National Park: • Travel Review: Augrabi...
-Augrabies Main Rest Camp Campsite Review: • Campsite Review: Augra...
-Ai-Ais Richtersveld Transfrontier Park: • Travel Review: The Ai ...
-Growcery Campsite Review: • Campsite Review: The G...
-Richtersberg Campsite Review: • Campsite Review: Richt...
-Kokerboomkloof Campsite Review: • Campsite Review: Koker...
-Sendelingsdrif Campsite Review: • Campsite Review: Sende...
-Namaqua National Park (Coastal Section): • Travel Review: Namaqua...
-Koringkorrelbaai Beach Camp Campsite Review: • Campsite Review: Korin...
-Tankwa Karoo National Park: • Travel Review: Tankwa ...
-Langkloof Campsite Review: • Campsite Review: Langk...
-Inibos Camp Retro Caravan Review: • Travel/Accommodation R...
-Special Sightings - Helskloof Pass & the Cairns: • Special Sightings: Hel...
-Special Sightings - Black Spitting Cobra: • Special Sightings: Bla...
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You are so right! It is not only about the destination but about the trip itself. Thats the difference between holiday makers and travellers. Well done video.
Thanks! Appreciate the feedback. Nice to know there are like-minded folk out there.
What a great episode! Really enjoyed watching it
Great to hear that! Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you for continuing to provide interesting and informative travel videos. Keep it up.
Thanks for the feedback and encouragement, glad that you're enjoying the videos!
Another lekker video
Thanks!
Great Channel!
Thanks! Glad you're enjoying it.
The black snake at 17:42 looks like a black spitting cobra with a jet black colour, smooth scales, hood retracted but scaled black bands typical of hood visible, jet black-grey underparts, pink mouth typical of Western cobras, small round black eye forward on head and prominent scaled-eyebrow above eye. It is a snake that is not often seen and then mostly seen with it's hood up about to spit.
Indeed it is a black spitting cobra. Very lucky to have such a rare sighting. I also did a short episode on it.
th-cam.com/video/vEp7WCQjHUI/w-d-xo.html
On my bucket list
There really are some gems in the Northern Cape 👌🏾
Nice video, watching from California U.S.A.....🙄👍
Cool! Glad you enjoyed the episode. Appreciate the positive feedback 👍🏾
Nice!!Always enjoy your content.Be blessed
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Absolutely awesome video
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Brilliant video ,well done
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Very nice video ,really enjoyed watching
Glad you enjoyed it!
Always good to have feedback, thanks.
Great episode 10/10
Thanks! 👍🏾👍🏾
Very nice trip, awesome video!
We love the Northern Cape, was a fantastic trip!
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Great video. I see you took the route via Noeniput to Augrabies. Can you please tell me what the road looks like? Will be travelling with off road caravan.
Thanks. When we did that route it was surprisingly wet. It was a typical gravel road, we did not encounter any especially bad sections or difficult places to navigate. We were actually aiming to pass by Riemvasmaak but the signage was bad and google maps was not helping. So we ended up at Kakamas then on to Augrabies.
The road may be more corrugated when it's dry, but that is to be expected.
We often choose to take the less travelled roads just for adventure of it.
@@TravelGigolo Thank you very much I do appreciate your feedback.
Great video, useful information - but maybe I missed how long it took you from - let's say: Witsand to the Tankwa Karoo...?
Now that you've mentioned it, I can see that it would be useful to include that info. We hardly ever drive directly though, we often take back roads and interesting routes/passes. So usually on a road trip like this it takes us much longer than the average person would take if they just stick to the major roads. I think I should make notes on the actual trip time from destination to destination though. It will be informative 👍🏾
Thanks, appreciate the positive feedback.
@@TravelGigolo Thx!... And from JNB back to JNB? Just to get an idea... I myself prefer the back roads (and hardly use G Maps), so I won't be surprised...
As my significant other put it :
"6200km, 25 days, 11 campsites, 4 nights "not camping", 2 flat tyres, various car issues, surprisingly many rainstorms, 21 braais in our epic little Weber Go Anywhere braai, and countless memories."
We try to stay at least 2 nights at every destination if we can. Otherwise it becomes a slog with more driving than actually experiencing the places.
Ok, thank you so much for the quick & detailled response! 😎👍🏻
Another awesome video! Thanks for the amazing content.
I see that you’ve got a roof top tent as well as a ground tent. For trips like these where you aren’t spending long periods of time at the same campsite, what’s your advice on having a rooftop tent versus using a ground tent? Do you alternate depending on the situation or do you mostly use the rooftop tent? It is worth getting a rooftop tent considering the cost involved?
Thanks for positive feedback! I've done a review of rooftop tent vs ground tent:
th-cam.com/video/gzYF8rkrqU8/w-d-xo.html
We only use the rooftop tent when we're in an unfenced camp, wild camping, or camping for one only night. Occasionally if the ground is not suitable (muddy or rocky for example) we'll use the RTT too. We usually stay for at least two nights so we have at least a full day to explore our location.
In general our ground tent is the go-to. I would invest in a good ground tent and other stuff like a fridge and a draw system before getting an RTT. Here's a long term review of ground tent:
th-cam.com/video/V8zRgSmJfGU/w-d-xo.html
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Great episode. Silly question perhaps can't make out your stopovers on the map. How many days did it take for the trip?
Total trip was 25 days. We try to spend at least 2 nights in every location, and where possible 3 nights. That way we have at least a full day or more to explore the location.
Thanks for the feedback 👍🏾