Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
Swartpan 4x4 Loop, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
The Swartpan 4x4 Loop is a 177 km dirt road in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park about 950 m from KAA Gate. It connects to Kaa Access Road and Kaa Game Viewing 4x4 Trail. Here's where it runs and where to stop along the way.
The Swartpan 4x4 loop, part of the Kaa game viewing trail, explores the remote Swartpan area in the north-west corner of the Botswana side of the park, near Kaa Gate. It can be driven in either direction, with wilderness campsites at Swartpan, Gnus Gnus, Thupapedi and Sizatswe, and is booked through Botswana's Department of Wildlife and National Parks.
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- Gnus Gnus (KT-GNU-01) Bush CampBush CampGnus Gnus (KT-GNU-01) is a remote bush campsite near Gnus Gnus Pan in the northern Botswana section of Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. The unfenced site offers an exceptionally isolated Kalahari…50 m off the road
- Sizatswe (KT-SIZ-01) Bush CampBush CampSizatswe (KT-SIZ-01) is a basic, unfenced bush campsite beside Sizatswe Pan in the remote western section of Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. The camp has no formal facilities and forms part of the…100 m off the road
- Swartpan (KT-SWP-01) Bush CampBush CampSwartpan (KT-SWP-01) is a remote, unfenced bush camp situated beside Swartpan in the northern Kgalagadi, along the Kaa Game Viewing Trail. The camp has two sites with limited facilities and requires…150 m off the road
- Swartpan (KT-SWP-02) Bush CampBush CampSwartpan (KT-SWP-02) is one of two remote, unfenced campsites at Swartpan in the northern Kgalagadi, reached via the Kaa Game Viewing Trail. The camp has limited resources and visitors must be…250 m off the road
- Thupapedi (KT-TH-01) Bush CampBush CampThupapedi (KT-TH-01) is a remote, unfenced bush camp beside Thupapedi Pan in the northern Kgalagadi, reached from the Kaa area. The shaded campsite has no formal facilities and requires visitors to…350 m off the road
- Kaa Entrance Gate (KT-KAA-01) Bush CampBush CampKaa Entrance Gate Bush Camp is a small, unfenced stopover camp immediately beside Kaa Gate on the remote northern boundary of Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. The two basic sites provide a rustic…700 m off the road
- Kaa Entrance Gate (KT-KAA-02) Bush CampBush CampKaa Entrance Gate Bush Camp (KT-KAA-02) is the second basic campsite at the remote Kaa Gate on the northern Botswana side of Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. Like the neighbouring Kaa campsite, it…800 m off the road
- KAA GateGateKaa Gate is one of the three Botswana-side entrance gates to Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, providing access to the remote northern reaches of the park. The gate marks the starting and ending point…950 m off the road
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Where is the Swartpan 4x4 Loop in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park?
The Swartpan 4x4 Loop is a 177 km dirt road in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park about 950 m from KAA Gate. It connects to Kaa Access Road and Kaa Game Viewing 4x4 Trail.
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Yes. Signal in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park can be patchy, and opspoor works fully offline: you can see sightings you've already loaded and log your own, which sync when you're back in range.
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