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CornellMans
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NEW wrote:
Tue Feb 25, 2020 8:57 am

Just to make sure, I was commenting on Makuya (and parts of Letaba Ranch) specifically. Not the lebombo eco trail or any Sanparks trail. I have not been on the Sanpark ones and they are still on my bucket list...
OK, no worries.

Will keep an eye on this thread and see what happens, or maybe plan a Kgalagadi trip.
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Some years ago I did a sort of Defender Trophy route along
whats called the Ivory Trail (... after T.V.Bulpins ‘Ivory Trail’ book
on ?Bvekenya? )
The route was as described below and so I can thoroughly recommend
the Luvuvu & Letaba routes etc but think they all look good...

If theres a few other vehicles that want to make up a quota
for a trip later this year , I’d also be interested in addition to 2021 !

‘Ivory Trail’
*Travel in convoy via Middelburg to Burgersfort,
proceed to the old Penge mine,
*cross the Olifants river and camp up in the mountains
*Travel the old wagon trail through the
Strydpoort mountains, camp at African Ivory
Route’s Mafefe camp high on Drakensberg escarpment
* Enter Lekgalameetse Nature Reserve, follow tracks
through spectacular rain forest down into the Lowveld.
* Exit nature reserve, drive via Ofcolaco to Leydsdorp hotel,
overnight in their bush camp.
* Drive to Letaba Ranch sector of Great Limpopo Trans frontier Park
which is open with KNP .
Use Luvuvhu 4x4 trail and bush camp in Big 5 territory (no facilities)
*Stay on the Luvuvhu 4x4 trail to exit the Park. Use 4x4 tracks to drive to Little Letaba. Enter riverbed and drive to African Ivory Route’s Baleni Camp and camp there
* Break Camp and depart for home ...
... Famous Fiver VoorLoper ...
... Veni Vidi Vici ...

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