Kalahari Archives - African Waters

October 12, 2023

Orange River Fishing Trips – Success Despite Challenging Conditions

Orange River Fishing Trips Orange River Fishing Trips: Last week, a massive cold front swept over the Cape region, resulting in significant flooding. Despite these challenging conditions, Viv and the crew on the Orange River managed to secure some impressive catches. The relentless wind and cloud cover at the front’s forefront posed a serious test...

October 11, 2023

Kalahari Drift – Season 2023 Kickoff

Kalahari Drift The Kalahari Drift season has begun, and we’ve just completed our first drift. The water level has been steadily decreasing since our arrival on the Orange River, and it’s also becoming clearer. Conditions are looking promising, and the fish have been actively feeding. Initially, the cold front made the start of our drift...

September 15, 2023

Orange River Fishing – Adventures, Mishaps, and Monster Fish Await!

Orange River Fishing Orange River Fishing: With the Kalahari Drift season about to kick off, the guides have been keeping themselves quite occupied. This included numerous hours of shopping, a grueling 16-hour drive, and an unexpected weekend encounter with the Upington police. On top of that, there were some epic battles with monstrous barbel and...

November 8, 2022

Kalahari – Largemouth yellowfish season in full swing

Kalahari Some thumping tunes, a minibus full of excited guys, and a few empty beer cans, signaled the arrival of the first group of the 2022 season. It was clear that the 2022 Kalahari season going to get off to a great start. Hitting the water on day one we quickly realized that our quest...

October 27, 2021

KALAHARI WILDERNESS DRIFT – SEASON 2021 – Week 7

Following the success of the previous weeks guide drift the team set out for the seventh drift of the season feeling very confident. First time guests to African Waters André, Charles, Trevor and Matt arrived with huge levels of excitement as it was all of their first time fishing the beautiful orange river. Night one...

September 28, 2021

KALAHARI WILDERNESS DRIFT – SEASON 2021 – Week 5

The fifth week of the 2021 Kalahari season saw a full week of 30 degree plus days with only one afternoon of wind which made for absolute ideal conditions. The water temperature increased by the day, as well as the clarity, improving from a dirty brown to more of a dark green. The drift started...

September 1, 2021

KALAHARI WILDERNESS DRIFT – SEASON 2021 – Week 3

The 20th of August marked the end of our third wilderness Kalahari drift and a spectacular week it was. Our third drift saw the first consistent water levels of the season with the river dropping consistently throughout the course of the week. We started seeing the river clear up far more than the previous weeks....

August 20, 2021

KALAHARI WILDERNESS DRIFT – SEASON 2021 – Week 2

The second week of the 2021 Kalahari saw similar conditions to that of the first drift regarding the cold water and low visibility. Water levels were fluctuating daily due to water release from the dams upriver, this made it tricky, because just as the water would clear up a little, the water would rise again...

December 3, 2020

KALAHARI WILDERNESS DRIFT – SEASON 2020 – Week 8

As with all good things, the Kalahari 2020 season has come to an end and been committed to the memory banks and backed up. All that is left are the memories and photographs and some sore cheeks from all the laughing. But the river keeps flowing, the fish continue to feed and fight the currents,...

December 1, 2020

KALAHARI WILDERNESS DRIFT – SEASON 2020 – Week 7

The Orange River and the stark Kalahari is a place that can truly humble a person. The harsh sun and even harsher environment make your mind race, full of questions about how people have survived in this desolate landscape, from the current, large scale fruit farmers all the way back to the Hunter/Gatherer Nama people,...

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