Desert Palace Hotel And Casino Resort

1 Olifantshoek Road, Keidebees, Upington, 8801, Upington, Northern Cape, 8800, South Africa | Hotel

Travel Blogs from Upington

T.I.A!

A travel blog entry by stefanenmirthe

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... asfalt is dat we hier voor de tweede keer in vijf dagen opvreten. En overmorgen doen we het nog een keer, weer terug naar Bloem.
Maar laten we voor het gemak bij het begin ...

Mixed Blessings

A travel blog entry by caroldes73

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On route to Keimoes, from Niewoudtville, we decided to deviate from our original route to visit Verneukpan. Boys will be boys and no one was going to dissuade them from seeing where Campbell attempted to break the land speed record. So, a long and bumpy ride with what appeared to be a hundred (or was it a thousand!) farm gates to open and ...close laid ahead of us. If you are on a strict time schedule, this deviation from R27 (Northern Cape) could add ...

A means to two ends

A travel blog entry by farnie10

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... give me an opportunity to stretch Mozza's legs on the open highway and do a very poor "Top Gear" style evaluation.

I've previously owned a Ford Ranger dual cab 4x4 which I loved dearly. To be fair, I think it had faster acceleration, but that may be inevitable since it was a 3.0L and the Amarok is only a 2.0L. This is reflected in fuel economy, though, with the Amrok averaging <9L/100km vs ...

Upington and the super-star hitch

A travel blog entry by lukeyboy95

We arrived safely in the desert town of Upington, it was awash with trashy supermarkets, fast-food chains and masses of people doing their shopping. Dull... we elected to leave pronto and the next morning headed out very early with the following hitch-signs reading...

Pip - "Namibia"

Luke - "Please ;-)"

Within 2 minutes of putting our wonderful signs up in the air, a bakkie (a pick-up with a wee roof thingy) picked us up, driven by two ...

Travel Day 7, New Tyres

A travel blog entry by centaur169

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... MS. Felt tired but ready for the day this morning and set off after a nice fruit salad at 0730 this morning for Vryburg.

Decided to stop off in Upington to fit new tyres for the Beamer, the old ones were really smooth in patches and I was not too happy with the ...

Traveler rating: 3.5/5 Very Good (6 reviews)

Location

This hotel is located on 1 Olifantshoek Road, Keidebees, Upington, 8801, Upington.
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