Nossob Restcamp

Accommodation

Accommodation at Nossob is comprised of camp sites, chalets, cottages and a guest house.

• Twenty camping sites are available for accommodation, complete with braai (barbecue) facilities, and communal ablution and laundry facilities. Electricity and electricity points are supplied at most of the sites

• Fifteen chalets come equipped with one bedroom and three single beds, cooled by ceiling fans, with fully equipped kitchens, hotplates and fridges, WCs and showers, pergolas and braai (barbecues). These units are also wheelchair accessible

• Family cottages come with fully equipped kitchens, pergolas and barbecues as well as bathrooms with showers, hand basins and toilets.

Two two-bed, cottages are available, each with two beds in the lounge. A further three three-bed, seven two-bed, and four four-bed (with a stack bed on the veranda) are also offered.

All rooms have ceiling fans.

• The guest house is divided into two units, bookable separately or together. The first unit has two two-bed bedrooms with ceiling fans, a bathroom with a shower and basin, a separate toilet, and a fully equipped kitchen and pergola with barbecue.
The second guest house unit has one two-bed bedroom with a ceiling fan, a stack bed in the lounge, a bathroom with shower and hand basin, and a separate toilet, as well as a fully equipped kitchen and pergola with barbecue. 

Activities & Facilities

Guests at Nossob Rest Camp may partake in one of numerous lectures or slide shows on exhibit at the facility, as well as attending various holiday programs organized from the Predator center. Night drives and day walks are organised, coordinated and facilitated by trained, knowledgable and eager professionals, routes either taking the form of 4 x 4 trails or loops, making stops at various interesting sites around the park.

Picnic areas are available to guests, as are adjoining ablution and barbecue facilities, and a swimming pool which doubles as an oasis for the indigenous wildlife. A secret hide can be found on the edge of the camp, bringing a fantastic cross section of creatures, including Lions and Hyenas, within easy viewing range.

The camp has a reception, and a predator information centre, while electricity is provided by a generator for eighteen hours a day. There is no phone reception in this area. 

Important Information

Pets are not allowed in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park or any of its associated camp sites, such as Nossob.
Firearms are to be declared at the entrance gate, sealed, and the seal broken upon departure.Shoes must be worn on summer evenings for protection scorpion stings. An emergency supply of ten litres water should be kept in your vehicle.

Vehicle filling stations are available along the park's periphery, and all legitimate petrol/fuel/garage/credit/debit cards or cash are accepted. 

Wildlife

Just a few of the Kgalagadi Park's wide range of indigenous animals include eland, gemsbok, giraffe, cheetah, lion, Spotted Hyena, springbok, Red Hartebeest, Round-Eared Elephant Shrew, Short-Tailed Gerbil and the Silver (Cape) Fox.

The park hosts approximately 280 bird species, of which less than half are resident. The remainder are chiefly nomadic, migratory and vagrant species. Numerous raptors are easily spotted, such as Tawny and Black-breasted (chested) Snake Eagle, bateleur, White-backed and Lappet-faced Vulture, and smaller species such as Pale Chanting Goshawk, Gabar Goshawk, Pygmy Falcon and Greater Kestrel. Nossob is renowned for predator sightings around the camp.

Directions

Entry points into the park:

• From South Africa access is through the Twee Rivieren gate
• From Namibia through the Mata-Mata gate
• From Botswana through the Two Rivers, Mabuasehube and Kaa gates.
• Passports are not required for entry, unless departure is planned through a different gate into another country.

Directions from Central Gauteng:

• The Kgalagadi Transfontier National Park is situated approximately 250 km from Upington in the far northern Cape and 904 km from Johannesburg.
• Visitors driving from Johannesburg have a choice of two routes, either via Upington (255 km tarred road) or via Kuruman, Hotazel and Vanzylrus (+/- 340 km gravel).
• Upington airport is the nearest airport to the Park.
• All guests intending to travel to Twee Rivieren, via Vanzylrus, must note that the gravel sections are badly corrugated and travelling at high speed is not advised.
• Guests travelling via Upington/Askham will be doing so on a tarred road that is in good condition.

Travelling Distances within the Park:

• Twee Rivieren – Nossob: 3.5hrs
• Twee Rivieren – Mata Mata: 2.5hrs
• Twee Rivieren – Kalahari Tent Camp: 2.5hrs
• Twee Rivieren – Grootkolk: 6hrs
• Nossob – Union’s End: 3hrs
• Nossob – Mata-Mata (over Kamqua dune road): 3.5hrs
• Nossob – Bitterpan: 2.5hrs
• Bitterpan – Mata-Mata: 2hrs
• Nossob – Grootkolk: 2.5hrs
• Mata-Mata – Kalahari Tent Camp: 4 km

GPS: Entrance Gate - Twee Rivieren: -26.47395 (latitude), 20.6132 (longitude)

Reviews

They did some renovations in the ladies' bathrooms and therefore the whole camp had to use men's bathrooms which wasn't pleasant. Reception very friendly and helpful. We actually had a fantastic time and lovely weather. Lekker lookout point. Waterhole too small though.

very good

Love this camp. Spent 5 days there. Had superb thunderstorm the one night and the river was full the next day. Sadly had to leave the park before all the green burst through. Will always return to Nossob.

We loved the atmosphere of this camp and were fortunate to have a chalet under a tree facing the fence. We loved the hide in front of the water hole and were fortunate enough to see 2 male lion right next to the walkway of the hide on one day and on the 2nd day, 2 lionesses lying under a tree who then proceeded to come down to have a drink of water. The accommodation was adequate and had everything we needed.

Loved our time at Nossob. Chalet is clean and has the necessities but no frills.

Well equipped, clean and perfectly adequate.

Nossob Camp is one of the best camps I ever visited. It will not be my last visit. Staff members are all friendly, well informed and very helpful. I will recommend this camp to my friends and family.

Uitstekende veblyf en diens.

Very Good.

The camp staff were helpful and the camping sites and ablutions were very good, BUT the roads are so bad, we had excessive damage to our off road caravan. Would have to think long and hard before returning to this park.