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A grass tuft on a red dune, from My Kalahari's own photographs, My Kalahari
A stop on the road

My Kalahari

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

Kalahari brandNo. 4 on the association's own map

Above: A grass tuft on a red dune, from My Kalahari's own photographs.

What it is
Not a member. A stop

My Kalahari is not a place you can drive to, and that is worth saying first. It is a clothing, leather and lifestyle range made by the Knoetze family, who also host Ratelpan ninety kilometres north of Upington, which is why it shares Ratelpan's pin on the association's map. Petra Knoetze started it in 2022 and runs it; Barri Knoetze is a third generation Kalahari farmer. Ratelpan and My Kalahari publish the same email address and the same phone number, so one call reaches both.

Their own shop carries jewellery, bags, shoes, hats, caps, shirts and a baby collection, and Kalahari food as well: a braai salt, a platter board and their own coffee. They deliver anywhere in the country. On the route itself, the range is stocked at Aitsa, the gift shop in Upington, and the A3 says at farm stalls and lodges along the road.

We are an original and Proudly South African brand and we are blessed to call the Kalahari home.

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Through beautiful photos and products we want to bring an ode to the men and women of the Kalahari.

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The short version
What it is
A product range, not a place to visit
Whose it is
The Knoetze family, who host Ratelpan
Making since
2022
Where to buy
Their own shop online, and Aitsa in Upington

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
Petra Knoetze, who started the range, out in the veld beside a pan, My Kalahari
Petra Knoetze, who started the range, out in the veld beside a pan
A camelthorn against a teal Kalahari dusk, My Kalahari
A camelthorn against a teal Kalahari dusk
A felt hat and a scarf from the range, on a wooden door, My Kalahari
A felt hat and a scarf from the range, on a wooden door
A tan leather weekend bag from the range, against a red bank, My Kalahari
A tan leather weekend bag from the range, against a red bank
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
Sunset over the dunes at Askham, the shop's own photograph. It does not show the shop, Askham Trading PostGeneral dealer

Askham Trading Post

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

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
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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
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Cultural experience

Khomani San

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

Phone first
The lapa at Ratelpan, RatelpanEco lodge

Ratelpan

A lifestyle farm and eco lodge ninety kilometres north of Upington

191 km to the gateSelf-cateringCamping+3
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