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Colours of the Kalahari — answering the desert’s call

Ticking the Northern Cape, South Africa’s largest and least populous province, off my bucket list enticed me to travel 2,300km in five days with friends.
Colours of the Kalahari — answering the desert’s call Sunset, Andriesvale. Photo: Kassie Naidoo
Kassie Naidoo
By Kassie Naidoo
23 Jul 2024
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What I found will forever fulfil my designer’s heart: smooth, pocked and rough textures; ochre, white, grey and blue palettes; and nature’s incredible sculptures in sand, twig and stone. This is a place to be still, to move with the seasons and fully embrace Mother Earth, both in her nurturing and destructive aspects. 

Kalahari Art on walls, Andriesvale. (Photo: Kassie Naidoo)



Kalahari Planetarium in Sutherland. (Photo: Kassie Naidoo)



Kalahari Meeting my first quiver tree, Augrabies. (Photo: Kassie Naidoo)



Tree, rain, sand. (Photo: Kassie Naidoo)



Social weaver community on the road to Upington. (Photo: Kassie Naidoo)



Shongololo out to meet the rain. (Photo: Kassie Naidoo)



Augrabies Falls, low rain season. (Photo: Kassie Naidoo)



Boorgat, Sutherland otherworldly. (Photo: Kassie Naidoo)



NG Kerk in Sutherland. (Photo: Kassie Naidoo)



Sunset, Andriesvale. (Photo: Kassie Naidoo) DM


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Comments (2)

Lisbeth Scalabrini Jul 26, 2024, 05:26 PM

The very best has not been caught, but still nice!

Ed Rybicki Jul 23, 2024, 09:27 AM

Beautiful! I’d love to see more of that area - and given I’m retired, I will! ?