Recommended route from Johannesburg
You can choose to drive to Tswalu. And a good many of our guests do. Recommended routes are detailed for you below:
- Distance approximately 650 km. Estimated driving time is 7 hours
- Take M1 south, take Bloemfontein split and follow N12 and the signs to Kimberley
- Stay on the N12, proceed through Potchefstroom, Klerksdorp, and Wolmaransstad
- At Wolmaransstad take R504 to Schweizer-Reneke, then R34 to Vryburg
- From Vryburg, continue on the N14 to Kuruman
- In Kuruman turn right at the first traffic light and follow the signs to Hotazel / Kgalagadi
Transfrontier Park (R31)
- Kuruman is the last fuel stop before you reach Tswalu
- In Kuruman please contact the lodge to establish an estimate time of arrival
(please call as we need to send someone to open the gate).
Tel: +27 53 781 9317 / +27 53 781 9333.
Mobile phone coverage is available all the way from Kuruman to the Tswalu gate
- Approximately 56km from Kuruman you will pass a sign on the left to Kathu & Deben (R380). A
short distance past this signage you will cross over a railway bridge.
After the bridge you will pass a sign on the right to Hotazel
- Approximately 72km from Kuruman (before Blackrock) turn left onto the tar road R31 following
signs to Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and Van Zylsrus
- After about 42km you will see a turn to your left (indicated as Sonstraal on maps and GPS)
– it is sign-posted Tswalu Kalahari Reserve on the D3335 route
- After turning, the tar road ends and you continue on a gravel road
- There is good mobile phone reception in this area; please call the lodge to advise where you are
- After 10km on the gravel road, you will see an airstrip on your left and just beyond,
the Tswalu staff housing complex on your right
- A kilometer further you will see Tswalu signage “Tswalu Admin and Health Care Centre”
- You will be met at this gate by your guide who will escort you further
