First timer’s guide to Mokala National Park

By Roxanne Reid
The sun is setting over the Kalahari thornveld as jackals squabble in the distance. The darkening sky already has a sprinkling of stars, hinting at the festival to come. You're in the bush near Kimberley in the Northern Cape and ready for thisfirst timer’s guide to Mokala National Park. Mokalais theSetswana word for the camelthorn tree that's such a feature ofSouthern Africa’s semi-desert regions. The parklies about 75 kilometres southwest of Kimberley, off the N12.Although...