Has anyone driven this road in Nam?

[heti]

Hi all

If you take the turnoff towards Stampriet at Mariental and carry on to Aranos there is a road that runs in a straight line up to Buitepos next to the border. It is shown on Garmap Southern Africa v1, but not T4A. I had a look on Google Earth, and it looks like a decent sized gravel road.

Has anybody driven there? Any info welcome.

[Harold]

Aranos to Buitepos.
Travelled this road a few years back. The road was fine, a bit corrugated in places. Main feature is the switchbacks over the dunes as the dunes rum from east to west. But no problem the dunes are not close together, just don't go over the top at high speed as you could find yourself airborne.

I encountered no traffic except for a family of brown hyena and few bat eared foxes.

[pietpetoors]

Heti, my sister in law stay on that road, about 60Km from Stampriet. I will get her phone number for you tomorrow morning and give it to you, you can phone them and ask them, they will know. You can also ask them if Buitepos has been opened again.

[heti]

Heti, my sister in law stay on that road, about 60Km from Stampriet. I will get her phone number for you tomorrow morning and give it to you, you can phone them and ask them, they will know.

Dit sal baie gaaf wees! Dankie.

You can also ask them if Buitepos has been opened again.

Buitepos closed?? Can't be.

[Bosvark]

Ek het nou net met n vriend van my gesels,hy se buitepos is oop,pad is soos die normale gruis paaie.Ek hoop dit help.

[heti]

Dankie.

Om watter rede sal Buitepos gesluit wees? Dis dan die hoofroete tussen Bots & Nam?

[pietpetoors]

Hy Was lank toe gewees en hulle het hom die begin van die jaar, ek dink in Februarie weer oopgemaak.

[heti]

Die Buitepos grenspos tussen Gobabis en Ghanzi? Kannie wees nie. Dit beteken die enigste grenspos tussen Bots & Nam (buiten in die Caprivi) was Dobe, wat seker die kleinste grenspos in Suider Afrika is.

Om watter rede sou hulle dit gesluit het?

[pietpetoors]

Dan het ek seker die kat aan die stert beet. Ek bly vergeet om vir Hein te bel, sal hom vanaand probeer bel en seker maak. Hulle is mos deur die dag in die veld.

[pietpetoors]

Heti, ek het die kat toe sterk aan die stert beet gehad. Ek het gedink aan Mata Mata wat naby Aranos is waar jy by die Kalahari gemsbok park ingaan. Hy sou al Feb oopgemaak het, maar nou se hulle blykbaar eers 15 Oct.

So ek het net verkeerde hek ingedagte gehad.
Hein sê ook dat daardie grondpad wat van Aranos af loop 'n gewone grondpad is en die boere gebruik dit elke dag.

[heti]

Ek het gedink aan Mata Mata wat naby Aranos is waar jy by die Kalahari gemsbok park ingaan. Hy sou al Feb oopgemaak het, maar nou se hulle blykbaar eers 15 Oct.

Toe ek nou in Augustus by Mata Mata was toe bou die manne vreeslik aan die Nam kant.

Hein sê ook dat daardie grondpad wat van Aranos af loop 'n gewone grondpad is en die boere gebruik dit elke dag.

Dankie Piet. PS Daardie Kalahari boere se idee van 'n goeie grondpad verskil 'n bietjie van ons dorpsjapies s'n!!