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Combined with a cultural safari into the village of Gweta from Planet Baobab – Camp Kalahari is the best way to experience the Makgadikgadi: It is fresh, funky and affordable and is a camp for those in search of fun, comfort, style and adventure.
A cluster of five khaki dome tents perches on the rim of the ancient super lake; replete with old style military stretcher beds, toasty bedrolls, crunchy cotton sheets, stripy African blankets and hot water bottles in winter. Steaming bucket showers are also on offer to sluice off the Kalahari dust.
The wing-shaped mess tent seems poised to take off across the sweeping expanse of salt pan that comprises your spectacular and otherworldly view!
Rain transforms this landscape. Water gathers on the salt pan. Algae bloom, crustaceans breed. Clouds of flamingo descend to feed upon them. Herds of zebra and wildebeest materialise, drawn by the lush grass, and for several months, the desert is teeming with game and predators.
Camp Kalahari’s chef is a talented chap, noted for his tasty soups and particularly for his "Pilli-Pilli Ho-Ho," a lethal concoction of chillies marinated in sherry and gin. Smeared over one's breakfast eggs, it's just the thing to sharpen sleep-dulled wits in preparation for whatever adventures await.
The best adventure of all is to travel across the pans on a quad bike, a fat-wheeled two-man
lawnmower thing; get dressed up in dark glasses and Lawrence of Arabia headgear and race out on to the pan. Fat tyres skim over the surfaces where heavier vehicles would sink. Watch the sun set in an insane conflagration of oranges and reds. And, then experience the even bigger thrill of seeing absolutely nothing… and sleeping out on the pans under a sky full of stars!
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