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December 1, 2021

KALAHARI WILDERNESS DRIFT – SEASON 2021 – Week 10

The last week of the 2021 season was a tough one, unexpected heavy rains unfortunately lifted the river level extremely high followed by brown water making the conditions far from ideal. Despite this the team set of with Tom and Gary from the USA in search of large mouth and small mouth yellows. The morning...

December 1, 2021

KALAHARI WILDERNESS DRIFT – SEASON 2021 – Week 9

Riding the success of the previous week the guys set out for the ninth drift of the season feeling confident that the fish would still be feeling and holding in the same water. Unfortunately this was not the case as upon arrival we were greeted with high water levels, a massive amount of water had...

November 3, 2021

KALAHARI WILDERNESS DRIFT – SEASON 2021 – Week 8

Heading into the eighth week of the Kalahari season with another new group of keen guests who had never fished the orange river, expectations amongst the guides were high following the previous weeks increase in volume and size of fish. We had that feeling that something special was going to happen, the river felt alive,...

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...

October 1, 2021

KALAHARI WILDERNESS DRIFT – SEASON 2021 – Guides Drift

The last week of September marked the end of our second stint for the season on the Lower Orange River. This gifted the guides with some valuable time off, before the next guests arrival, to prospect the river and enjoy some down time. Coupled with this opportunity, the weather seemed to finally stabilise and show...

October 1, 2021

KALAHARI WILDERNESS DRIFT – SEASON 2021 – Week 6

As the halfway mark through our season neared, the guides were in high spirits for the coming week as the conditions were looking pristine! The clarity had certainly improved despite the constant, weekly, fluctuations. Initially the week started slowly with fish sitting deep, reluctant to commit. As the week progressed, we noticed the fish eating...

September 28, 2021

KALAHARI WILDERNESS DRIFT – SEASON 2021 – Week 4

The fourth drift of the 2021 Kalahari season saw the best weather yet. Hot windless days was a nice break from the previous weeks bitterly cold conditions. With the rising temperatures and stable water levels, the clarity of the river also improved considerably. We saw more largemouth yellowfish moving out of the deep-slow moving pools...

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...

August 13, 2021

KALAHARI WILDERNESS DRIFT – SEASON 2021 – Week 1

The opening week of the Kalahari 2021 season set off to a fantastic start despite the slow fishing. The cold, relatively high-water level and considerably lower visibility, compared to that of the previous season, due to floods earlier in the summer certainly contributed largely to the slow fishing. The order of the trip was to...

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