Kalahari Red Dune Route — SA's warmest welcome
Satellite view of the ground at Ratelpan
The lapa at Ratelpan — Ratelpan
The road up from Upington

Ratelpan

A lifestyle farm and eco lodge ninety kilometres north of Upington

Eco lodge187 km to the Twee Rivieren gate93 km from Upington
In their words

Lifestyle Farm & Eco Lodge Situated 90km North of Upington, R360 Hidden Gem of the Kalahari Scenic 4x4, MTB, Hiking, Bird Watching, Experience nature

Self-catering4x4 trailsGame viewing
The one photograph

The lapa at Ratelpan

This is the photograph Ratelpan chose for themselves. When they send more, they go here.

Below it, the same ground from 2 km up — our own satellite imagery of the farm, graded to the colour of the sand.

The lapa at Ratelpan — Ratelpan
The lapa at Ratelpan27°44.81'S 20°57.45'E
Nearby
The three closest places on the route
The homestead at dusk — Kalkpoort HomesteadFarm homestead

Kalkpoort Homestead

A self-catering homestead and two cottages a stone's throw off the R360

174 km to the gateSelf-cateringGame viewing
Inside the lodge — Winkelhaak Nguni LodgeGame lodge

Winkelhaak Nguni Lodge

A lodge for twenty-five on six thousand hectares, with its own airstrip

188 km to the gateSelf-cateringGame viewing+1
The lodge above the pan — Kalahari Goerapan LodgeLodge

Kalahari Goerapan Lodge

Good chalets and camp sites looking straight out over the pan

148 km to the gateSelf-cateringCamping

Kalkpoort Homestead is 15 km away as the crow flies, Winkelhaak Nguni Lodge is 17 km away as the crow flies, Kalahari Goerapan Lodge is 19 km away as the crow flies.