After leaving Oudtshoorn, our next destination was the Kgalagadi (Kalahari) Transfrontier Park.  It’s quite a ways and I wasn’t confident of reaching the park entrance before it closed so I played it safe and booked the Molopo Kalahari Lodge by email (on the 2009 trip).  There wasn’t a lot of information about it that I could find back then but they now have a nice website with tons of photos.  It seems to have expanded a lot since we were there!

We arrived around 4pm-ish so had time to check the place out and even get some laundry done!

We stayed in this cute rondavel.

The facilities are beautiful with a natural garden and swimming pool.  There are a lot of birds on the property and (in 2009) they had a Blue & Gold Macaw in an aviary.

We probably weren’t supposed to hang laundry here (which we hand washed in the sink) but it dried really quickly in the hot dry air.

The restaurant has some amazing African decor and the food was really good and not expensive. 

You can book the Molopo Kalahari Lodge on their website.  It isn’t instant, it’s an email system.  It wasn’t expensive when we were there and it looks like it is still budget priced going by Trip Advisor.  Of course it’s best to stay in the park but if you need an overnighter, this is a nice place to stay!