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Sunset over the dunes at Askham, the shop's own photograph. It does not show the shop, Askham Trading Post
A stop on the road

Askham Trading Post

The general dealer in Askham, and the last shop of its kind before the park gate

General dealerNo. 26 on the association's own mapPhone +27 82 928 6935 before you go

Above: Sunset over the dunes at Askham, the shop's own photograph. It does not show the shop.

What it is
Not a member. A stop

Askham Trading Post is the general dealer in Askham village, run by TJ van der Westhuizen. Food, home goods, baking, gifts and the small things a village needs, all under one roof. Retha's own post about the shop says TJ and his team supply the village weekly with fresh produce and lovely baking, and she makes a point of the old car at the entrance that makes everybody feel welcome.

For somebody driving north this is the practical one. Askham is about seventy five kilometres from the Twee Rivieren gate, and this is the last shop of its kind to stock up at before you go in.

General Dealer, supplying our customers with food and home goods, in the heart of the Kalahari.

their own words, on their own page

This is the last place you might visit where you can stock up some items, food and goodies before entering the Kgalagadi transfrontier park or Botswana.

a traveller, writing a review in October 2026
The short version
What it is
A general dealer: food, home goods, baking, gifts
Who to ask for
TJ van der Westhuizen
Where
Main Street, Askham
To the park gate
About 75 km to Twee Rivieren

This is not one of the thirty-nine members you can book a night with. It is a stop on the road, on the association's own printed map, and nothing on this page is booked through us.

More pictures
Every caption says whose it is and what it shows
A decorated ostrich egg and beadwork at a roadside craft stall in Askham, not at the shop, Askham Trading Post
A decorated ostrich egg and beadwork at a roadside craft stall in Askham, not at the shop · South African Tourism, CC BY 2.0
A donkey cart being loaded on an Askham street in 2015, Askham Trading Post
A donkey cart being loaded on an Askham street in 2015 · South African Tourism, CC BY 2.0
While you are here
The other stops, and the nearest member
A rescued meerkat standing in the Kalahari grass at Chayah, Chayah Wildlife RehabilitationMeerkat rescue

Chayah Wildlife Rehabilitation

A registered meerkat rescue on a farm outside Askham, and they do welcome visitors

Phone first
A grass tuft on a red dune, from My Kalahari's own photographs, My KalahariKalahari brand

My Kalahari

A Kalahari clothing, leather and lifestyle range, made by the family who host Ratelpan

Phone first
The Diamond T building on Main Street in Askham, which now houses the Kalahari Museum. Photographed in 2015, before the museum moved in, Kalahari Museum & Info CentreMuseum

Kalahari Museum & Info Centre

Kalahari pioneer history in photographs, inside the Diamond T shop in Askham

Phone first
Satellite view of the ground at Agri Mark Fuel/Gas Supplies
No photograph
exists
Fuel, gas and farm supplies

Agri Mark Fuel/Gas Supplies

Gas, farm supplies and a fill-up in Askham, open from six in the morning, seven days

Open Monday to Sunday, 06:00 to 20:00
Satellite view of the ground at Khomani San
No photograph
exists
Cultural experience

Khomani San

A walk with San trackers into older knowledge, booked through the community's own office

Phone first
The coffee shop in Askham, Diamond T Coffee ShopCoffee shop

Diamond T Coffee Shop

The only coffee shop in Askham, and everything in it is home-baked

75 km to the gateA table to eat at
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