North West

 

Verster Safaris have two areas that we frequently use in the North West Province.

12355 acres and 8000 acres respectively.

 

We also hunt our Lions in the Nort Western Part of the North West Province (Kalahari)

 

Accomodation is comfortable to luxury with en-suite bathrooms.

 

Malaria Free area.

 

The North West Province of South Africa (in fact the only Province without a Name). The province is situated between Gauteng and Botswana, it is the six largest province 116 320 km2 - 44 911 square miles (9.5% of the total area of South Africa)

The North West Province borders the provinces of the Northern Cape in the west, the Free State in the south, Gauteng in the east and Limpopo (formerly Northern Province) in the north-east. It shares an international border with the Republic of Botswana in the north.

 

The rainfall pattern is highly variable both spatially and temporally and largely mirrors the prevailing climatic conditions of the Province. On average, the western region receives less than 300mm per annum, the central region around 550mm p.a., while the eastern and south eastern region receives over 600mm per annum.

 

The Province is also characterised by great seasonal and daily variations in temperature, being very hot in summer (daily average high temperatures of 32ºC in January) and mild to cold in winter (average daily minimum in July is 0.9ºC).

 

Most of the Province (71%) falls within the Savannah Biome with its associated Bushveld vegetation. The remainder falls within the Grassland Biome that contains a wide variety of grasses typical of arid areas.

Within these two biomes, nine different vegetation types are known from the Province, mostly belonging to the Thornveld, Bushveld or Savannah Grassland categories.

 

Ten different vegetation types are recognised, mostly belonging to the thornveld, bushveld or savannah grassland categories. With the east-west variation in climate and rainfall, there is a corresponding gradation in the vegetation types.

 

The vegetation of the arid and semi-arid western region largely comprises Kalahari thornveld and shrub bushveld, while the central region is dominated by dry cymbopogon-themeda veld and the eastern region is characterised by a number of mixed bushveld types.

 

160 000ha (395 367 acres) of land committed to game farms.

  

Species like, kudu, duiker, steenbok, sable, Cape buffalo, gemsbok, eland, red hartebeest, blue wildebeest and even black rhinoceros also occur in the Province