S1 - Ep 302 - Verneukpan -Bucket List Item Checked!
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
- We had talked about visiting Verneukpan in our last trip to the area, but we had to take a detour and we didn't have time to fit it in. This time, we made sure to make it happen. The drive to Verneukpan was quite a trek. It took us a while to get there and we had to open and close 19 farm gates along the way. It was very time-consuming and my knees took a beating, but we knew it would be worth it in the end. Once we finally arrived at the pan, it was truly surreal. The landscape was unlike anything I've ever seen before, just this vast, flat expanse as far as the eye can see. It was really something else. Driving on the pan itself was really special. I couldn't believe that we were driving on the same surface that so many people have attempted to break the world land speed record on. It was a really unique feeling. Overall it was an unforgettable experience. I'm so glad we made the effort to visit Verneukpan this time around. Bucket list item checked! #DustBugs #adventuretravel #southafrica #southafricavlog #travelongravel #northerncape #verneukpan
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You guys can even make this barrenness fun and enjoyable. Thank you for taking us on this trip.
And thank you for coming with us to this bare, barren and beautiful place! I'm glad you had fun! We did too! 🚙🤩
Hi you two! This was really something! Thanks for taking me along. The only thing I knew of Verneukpan was its history of world record land speed attempts there.
Your drone views on the way was a good illustration that nothingness can be very captivating, as long as blue skies are there.
It must be hard to farm there and even harder for the Swartkop sheep like the one on the roadside, hiding in the shade.
It was a very interesting trip in a less seen part of our beautiful country and I enjoyed it as always!
I'm looking forward to the next trip.
Keep safe!
I have to agree, it was really something! I loved the aerial shots of the pan and found especially those lines very intriguing. We later learnt that those were the remants of attempts made by farmers to grow vegetation there, but I would imagine there is just too little water. We looked at all those sheep I had to open and close the gates for and one has to admire their toughness to survive in such a harsh environment. 😍🐑 So happy you also found this trip interesting, we sure did! 🚙🤩
Yayyy!! Verneukpan at last. And so worth waiting for. Good to see the gravel roads are still well maintained. We were impressed with the good condition of those roads. I am talking 1987 here. Yes I see that dust! YOu should have seen our car after the visit to Verneukpan!! Well do I remember those million gates! Hubby was driving so it was "die uwe" who had to jump out and open and close those gates. Lucky I was still a jongbokkie back then.O Hek! Nog n hek!!! Swartkop is smaller than I remember, not that it was very big back then. Ai! Die mense kry darem swaar!!!😪You cn see how the road gets more like dry clay. We came via Brandvlei and the manager at Brandvlei Hotel warned us, as it was a cloudy day with rain threatening. "Passop! As net tien punte reen val, kom jy nooit weer daaruit nie!" Apparently if some rain falls, the clay becomes very sticky and you could get stuck. Isnt that shimmering mirage in a distance so like water! But you never come to that water!! Very spooky. The whole place has such amazing vibes, you never forget it. So interesting to see the drone view. Looks like a lunar landscape! We went on for quite a bit, and eventually, its not a road any more, just wheel tracks in the desolation. Of course that may be different now, but back then, thats what it was. Well there you go. Driving to the camp site gives you the picture, dissolving into nothingness! Thank you for an awesome visit.
Yay indeed! 🚙🤩 Wowzer, you were there a long time go already! This place is a must-visit at least once in a lifetime. The roads are still in fairly good condition, the last few kilometres of the approach road did get a little sandy, but otherwise all good. Those gates didn't only give my knees a hiding, but timewise it added a good hour or more to our travelling time. Had I known about the alternative route, I most certainly would've skipped all those gates, it honestly felt like a milllion! 😨 I can only imagine how that hard-baked clay can quickly become a sludge which one escapes from with difficulty. I don't even want to think about that happening and luckily it didn't! That mirage is something else and had my darling wife chasing after the water in the distance bigtime! 😁 Needless to say, we never found it! I did get the distinct feeling of it just continuing endlessly exactly as you describe it, and at that point I still thought I had to open and close a million gates again, so we sadly had to make an exit. It was most certainly a once-in-a-lifetime experience for us! We're glad we could take you back there, 30-odd years later!
Ha Anna, was uw reactie bijna over het hoofd gezien door Curtis 😅😜? Lekker dat uw stukjes altijd wat Nederlands / Afrikaanse woorden bevatten 🇳🇱🇿🇦. Mijn planning is om zondag aan u een mooi stuk met allerlei informatie over de Van Wageningen familie te mailen. Veel leuke dingen ‘ontdekt’ inmiddels, waaronder foto’s van uw overgrootvader Lenus en … ook van betovergrootvader Gerrit! Als Curtis en Sonia onderweg zo’n schattige Gereformeerde kerk met pastorie van Ureterp zouden zien, waar hij 30 (!) jaar predikant was, zouden ze direct op de rem trappen en de gebouwen van dichterbij bezien 😁. Groet van Ingeborg
@@ingeborgvanderveer789 Danke. Ik zien uit erna
There are so many comments on the 300+ videos on our channel and, while I always try my best to respond to comments in the order they were made, sometimes that doesn't happen. I only saw Anna's comment once I had done all the others, so perhaps a little glitch in the RUclips system too. 🤷♂️ Not intentional in the slightest! 😁
@@DustBugsTravel Hey! No worries . I know you must be inundated with comments. I dont even expect a reply every time. Just a little smiley face is fine.
One of my bucket list places as well and such a great video, thank you for taking us along ❤️
Definitely a big tick on my bucket list, it was fantastic! I'm so glad you liked our video! 🚙🤩 I hope you know how much we appreciate your most generous support of our channel, thank you! 😊
That was absolutely wonderful again. That part of the world is just so fabulously magnetic. Sonia is much less concerned about road conditions I think. Thank you for taking me along. Very enjoyable. 'Verneuk Pan' will be on my list of 'have to's when I'm next there.
It is a part of our country with an intense beauty, but a very harsh beauty. Magnetic is a good word, because we seem to head back to the Northern Cape every so often! 🚙🤩 The roads were perfectly fine for the most part, just a little sandy as we approached the pan. Corrugated roads are an inextricable part of our travels, so they were ever-present, but that goes without saying. As long as the ditches or water puddles aren't too deep and we're not too close to the edge of some kind of cliff, Sonia is very brave nowadays! 😎 You absolutely have to make a plan to head out there when next at the southern tip of the African continent. 😍🇿🇦
@@DustBugsTravel I'm planning and fortunately my Aussie wife as well. We may even bump into you two- who knows...that would be amazing.
The night sky must be quite a sight to behold! Daytime in summer - unbearable. I thoroughly enjoyed travelling with you - I didn’t get any dust up my nose 😁
I agree with you and I'm sure it's awesome to camp under the stars at Verneukpan. ⛺🎇 It was really a fun trip and one we've been wanting to do for a while. We got plenty of dust up our noses, but that's what we love! 🚙😁
Hi guys amazing video truly in the middle of nowhere a total different slant on the diversity of land in South Africa the dust devil brought back memories. I'm glad you managed to make a tick on your bucket list. From the dry river bed to the mud huts looked like something from STAR Wars. Loved the cafe with the old petrol pump swartkop tiny place but you know you are in South Africa church and a sports field. The drone footage again just how isolated you were interesting information about blue bird sir malcom Campbell this 25:51 video was a complete surprise thanks for taking me along cheerio till the next one
It really felt like the middle of nowhere too, let me tell you! 🚙😁 They can most certainly film some Star Wars scenes at Verneukpan, I never thought of that! I was happy for the breeze to allow me to fly the drone for a bit, I was keen to see the area from above. Swartkop is a teeny-tiny place, yet folks make a living in this harsh environment, that's totally unbelievable to me! Definite bucket list item checked for me, it was super cool! ✅
What an interesting part of our country. Good to experience and see it. You realy had to be born and bred thrre to love it. You did a good job of this drive and like you said now we can tick this one off. Till the next one.
Interesting is right! This part of our country is bare, barren and beautiful, there are no two ways about that! But it's harsh too! I loved this experience and I'm so glad that we finally got there. We were super close two trips ago, so we just had to go back. Thanks for coming along! 🚙😁
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It is indeed a very long road and the pieces we did, were fantastic. Thanks for joining us! 🚙😁
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There’s a certain beauty in the dryness of that place👍
Guys now next time you need to camp on the pan. One of the highlights of our SA travels! Wild camping on the pan ON OUR OWN!!!!!! In the dark!!!! And watching sunset & sunrise was incredible!
Whow!! What an experience and the drone photos gives another pespective to the pan. This can be watched and watched again.
Thank you so much! 🚙👍 I'm glad you enjoyed Verneukpan with us two, it certainly was great fun! 😁
You definitely need a reliable vehicle in that area!! Wow.
Agreed. It's a harsh environment with not much help around should one run into problems. 🚙😨
I had never heard of this place before. What an amazing journey to this unknown part (for me) of SA! Thank you!!
I'm so happy that we could take you there! It's a unique place, that's for sure! 😁🚙
Whoop whoop, we're on the road again but that trip was very different. I was praying hard in the back for you to turn back, wasn't looking forward to be lost out there😂. Thank you both for another adventure.
And we didn't get lost, so your prayers were answered! 🚙🤩 Thanks for joining us in the remote area of Verneukpan!
People have got lost out there, it happens!
Eindelose vlaktes wat nooit stop nie......great video
Indeed, well said. 🚙👌🏻 Glad you enjoyed Verneukpan!
Heerlijk om weer met een nieuwe reis te starten, mijn ticket heb ik alvast geboekt voor de hele route 😁🥳 En wat een spectaculair begin, met die schier eindeloze vlakten en de horizon die telkens mee verschuift. Evenals reacties van andere achterbank passagiers was ook ik toch wel blij dat jullie heelhuids weer in bewoond gebied terecht kwamen. Want hoe fascinerend zo’n schepping van de natuur is, het maakt bijna duizelig van uitgestrektheid en ik kan me voorstellen dat het mensen wel eens kan betoveren in de zin van verdwalen … De naam Verneukpan brengt een Nederlander uiteraard aan het lachen vanwege het middelste woord 😊. In de USA zou men die lettergreep waarschijnlijk ‘weg piepen’ als onbetamelijk. Ik ben benieuwd of er ook een Engelstalige naam is voor Verneukpan, iets met FuckedUp 🤭? Anyway, glad to be on the road again with the both of you 😍. Heerlijk vooruitzicht, dit weekend 2 vervolg episodes!
Your series ticket is booked for sure! 🚙🤩 That shifting horizon had Sonia really flummoxed, she wanted to go and find the water, but it just kept on shifting away. It's actually incredible! I was most certainly not going to get lost there, as beautiful as it is. 😨 I had a good chuckle about the middle section of Verneukpan. I've heard that word a few times before being used in a specific way! 😁 I would translate Verneukpan as Tricking Pan or Trickery Pan because of the mirages that trick one contantly. See you over the weekend for more fun on the road! 👌🏻
Back in my kinda country. Think I've said that before. Most beautiful of all landscapes
You've said it before, but you can say it again! 😁🚙 I'm glad we can show you a little more of the Northern Cape landscapes, thank you for joining us!
Well I know I am gonna love this new season....my type of country...So glad you could get to Verneukpan at last! And yes I am back from my 10day trip to the Karoo.
It's so good to see you back here, we missed you! 😊 I hope you had the time of your life and that the sights, sounds (especially the silences) and the experiences in the Karoo were everything you expected and more. 🚙😁 Verneukpan was an absolute blast, we loved it! We look forward to you exploring this part of the Northern Cape with us!
@@DustBugsTravel Yes...the farm outside Britstown was the best medicine in a long time.
Twisted that around.
No worries, it was a Campbell either way! 🏎️🤷♂️
Reminds me of the Arizona dessert, which I'm not a great fan of. Still, I found your drive-thru interesting, especially the dust devils which I'm sure dust bugs would love 😂
My anxiety... I don't think i will be able to drive there... I will get distracted and lost... Especially with no reception out there... Good thing you did this now i don't have to. 😉
And we were happy to do it on your behalf! 🚙🤩 I'll make sure you don't get distracted or lost while still showing you the beauty of the Northern Cape, a province which I know you love with your entire heart and soul. We do too, by the way! 😍
Kilometers after kilometers of nothing. Eish!!🙃🙏👍
Seemingly nothing, yes. But the barrenness and silence in that 'nothingness' are magical. It's a different experience and we loved it. 🚙😁
What do you guys do for a living, I wanna be like you guys, always travelling😇
We're full-time real estate agents. We work Monday to Sunday for four weeks and run away to these magical places every fifth week! 🚙🤩
Dit was besonderlik wonderlik ! Thanks guys
I'm glad you also thought so! For me, it was a dream come true visiting this spectacular place! 🚙🤩
Enjoyed every bit of it, but was so afraid you'll never get out of there again. Just wondering if that road ever comes to an end.
I think the road just goes on and on for kilometres in the same landscape we saw. I can imagine getting lost there, and quite easily too, but fortunately there were quite a few tyres and tyre tracks around the area we decided to drive around in. It was an awesome experience, I'm glad you thought so too! 🚙😁
At the beginning of the video, I think you had said "Swartkop," yet firstly, I heard "Swakop," as in the pet name for Swakopmund, Namibia. 😂 I was once caught in a dust devil, not fun. That does look a lot like desertified Namibia.
I speak under correction but the way understand it is that the Sak River, which hasits origin in the mountains of the escarpment in the south ( Beaufort West, Fraserberg, amongst others), flows towards the interior, similar to what one finds in Botswana. It only receives a fraction of a fraction of the inflow compared with Okavango swamp.
That sounds about right. I read online today that 'the Sak originates in the Nuweveldberge, is joined by the Vis River, and flows into the vast panlands of Brandvlei. Beyond Brandvlei to the north, the Sak flows into Grootvloer Pan .... that links the Sak River to the Orange River in the north.' I believe the Nuweveldberge is in the Central Karoo in the region of Beaufort West, so your information is spot on, I think. 👌🏻🌊⛰️ And, since your comment is under Verneukpan, I thought I'd add that 'by contrast Verneukpan, a system immediately east of Grootvloer, is an internal drainage basin.' Rather interesting info all of this.
Reminds me of Black Rock Playa in Nevada where they have burning man each year
Thank you kindly for your support of our channel. 👌🏻 It's interesting that you would compare this landscape to Nevada. We've never been there ourselves, but we imagine Nevada, and even New Mexico, Arizona and Utah, to have similar bare and barren scenes. We hope to check those out one day too! 🚙🏜️
Sir Donald Campbell. I worked for a newspaper at the time when the editor, Gordon Makepiece, had been the reporter for The Cape Argus on this story. The surface was covered with rock splinters that made it too dangerous to carry on with the attempt.
Interesting info about the surface, I never knew that! 👌🏻 As with everything, there are conflicting reports online, but our research shows that Donald Campbell was the son of Sir Malcolm Campbell who attempted to break the land speed record on Verneukpan in 1929. 🏎️
Wow...Verneukpan Campsite...who will go to camp there???🤣🤣🙃
Lots of folks who love getting away from it all. 🚙⛺
On Google Earth, Verneukpan is associated with mysterious spirals similar to South American geoglyphs...
Interesting! We chatted to a few locals we encountered along the way and they say the furrows visible on my drone footage were attempts from farmers to get vegetation to grow. Not sure about the spirals, I thought the same would go for those, but I'm really not sure. 🤷♂️ Intriguing all the same. 😁
On Google Earth, Verneukpan is associated with mysterious spirals...30deg.00min.30.11sec.S, 21deg.08min.40.89sec.E
Not so mysterious if you chat to the local folks. 😁🌀 I have no idea either way.
At least you were not Verneked
Looks quite desolate.
That it is. 😁🚙 But fantastic!
sure she could open the gates?
It blows my mind that you would get stuck on who was opening the gates. 🤯 I suggest you don't make assumptions about others' physical abiliites, especially not on our channel. She, also known as my wife Sonia, has serious knee problems and it's uncomfortable for her to get in and out of a vehicle, let alone twenty times in one hour. If you have to know.
Wow Nic, how rude, got nothing to do with you , you go Curtis, good telling off. 👏