The Kalahari Desert is part of the huge sand basin that reaches from the Orange River up to Angola, in the west to Namibia and in the east to Zimbabwe. It is found in the Northern Cape Province and is all about wide-open spaces, an utterly beautiful coastline and a number of unique national parks offering the tourist a very different experience of the South Africa landscape.

The sand masses were created by the erosion of soft stone formations and unlike the dunes of the Namib Desert, those of the Kalahari are stable and not wandering. The wind shaped the sand ridges, which are so typical of the landscape in the Kalahari. Only in recent geological history, 10 to 20,000 years ago, were the dunes stabilised through vegetation, so the area should actually be called a dry savannah. Activities-wise you can experience the thunderous roar of the Augrabies Waterfall or the challenges the Kalahari and Riemvasmaak 4x4 Trails pose.