{"id":3120,"date":"2022-08-23T19:03:02","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T18:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/?p=3120"},"modified":"2026-05-21T12:20:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T11:20:28","slug":"tankwa-tented-camp-well-what-can-we-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/tankwa-tented-camp-well-what-can-we-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Tankwa tented camp..well what can we say… Its not your usual campground."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

From the Algeria Campsite in Cederberg park we headed south, the campsite manager told us the track we wanted to take over the mountains needed a permit from the Cederberg winery office, we headed along the road for 30kms and asked at the office for a permit, the polite lady got the map out and pointed at the road and said NO way, No pass, and it’s all overgrown anyway, damm I thought that messes up our route to the Karoo NP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So we headed off to take a look anyway … as always ;-), well it turns out the person who had the crayons on the day they made the map can not map read, which is bad for a wilderness park but good for us, the road I had asked for is a big nice track over the mountains, really nice track with a steep descent into a valley to finish off, I am glad I ignored her in the office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"reat<\/a>
great place for lunch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We then headed down a valley that cut across to the Karoo, there was a water crossing that said impassable in the months April-. November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I Ignored it and carried on for the next 25kms, many 4×4’s came the other way, so it must be OK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Person<\/a>
always interesting stuff in out-of-the-way places<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Turns out it is OK to get across the river if your bd but not if you have Milly with you, I walked the river and it was only 3 foot deep, but with the odd big rock hidden, but I got overridden by upper management and around we went.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I didn’t even take a picture of how pathetic the stream was, or as Milly described it, ‘a bloody big raging torrent ‘<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We took the long way around at 100mph, so we could get to Tankwa tented camp in the daylight, all the way I complained that we could have been here an hour earlier…. Upside it was a great track, would of been fantastic on a bike. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

however the long detour was worth it when we arrived. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tankwa tented camp sounds boring but it is the home to Afrikaburn festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.afrikaburn.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Campsite has all the machines discarded from the festival and is a riot of a place. as usual Milly has no idea of where we are going because I never tell her, so she gets the surprises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"dogger<\/a>
the mad max style camp happens to be on Stonehenge nature reserve !!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

she was well surprised with this one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

outside was a line up of dirt bikes, inside were lots of yanks on an off-road tour around the cape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"tankwa<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

DId we have a laugh with them and the bar staff ….well I passed out so bad Milly thought I was dead, it’s amazing what 2 strong beers will do to a grown man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Wireframe<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"dogger<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"dogger<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Tankwa<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"dogger<\/a>
lots of great hi quality accommodation on the campsite<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

things to do in a bar in the desert with dirtbikes and beer<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Rusty<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Decorative<\/a>
The sign sums up our 33 years of marriage just right. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Tall<\/a>
The bike devil looks down on the camp<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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