Recommended route from Kimberley
You can choose to drive to Tswalu. And a good many of our guests do. Recommended routes are detailed for you below:
- From Kimberley airport – travel on the R31 for 35km to Barkley West
- From Barkley West travel 96km to Danielskuil
- From Danielskuil travel 71km to Kuruman.
In Kuruman continue over the traffic light and follow the sign to
Hotazel / Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (R31)
- Kuruman is your last fuel stop before you reach Tswalu
- Please contact the lodge to establish an estimate time of arrival
(please call as we need to send someone to 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
