Makgadikgadi is an enormous flat landscape of salt pans and grasslands which forms a part of the greater Kalahari desert.
May to November this area is dry and largely devoid of game. The primary reason to visit at is to experience the inspirational nothingness of the Makgadikgadi pans themselves, search for stone age tools, go walking with the bushmen, get to know some meerkats, enjoy excellent hospitality and generally luxuriate in this vast outdoor space.
December to April the desert can spring into life as rain showers pass, followed by huge herds of zebra in particular, accompanied by a wide arrange of other grazers and their associated predators. The Makgadikgadi pans themselves become less accessible, but this is compensated for by increased gameviewing.
Refer to the guidebook below for a more detailed introduction.
Top end customers tend to fly into the superb Jack's Camp and San Camp.
For a lower cost option take a look at the very cool Planet Baobab and its satellite bivouacs.
May to November this area is dry and largely devoid of game. The primary reason to visit at is to experience the inspirational nothingness of the Makgadikgadi pans themselves, search for stone age tools, go walking with the bushmen, get to know some meerkats, enjoy excellent hospitality and generally luxuriate in this vast outdoor space.
December to April the desert can spring into life as rain showers pass, followed by huge herds of zebra in particular, accompanied by a wide arrange of other grazers and their associated predators. The Makgadikgadi pans themselves become less accessible, but this is compensated for by increased gameviewing.
Refer to the guidebook below for a more detailed introduction.
Top end customers tend to fly into the superb Jack's Camp and San Camp.
For a lower cost option take a look at the very cool Planet Baobab and its satellite bivouacs.
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| name | rating | price |
|---|---|---|
| Jacks Camp | 9 | |
| Ntwetwe Pan Bivouac | 9 | |
| San Camp | 9 | |
| Camp Kalahari | 8 | |
| Nxai Xini Pan Bivouac | 8 | |
| Planet Baobab | 8 |