Nestled among the palms and acacias on Hyena Island, Makgadikgadi Camp - now renamed Camp Kalahari, is located on the edge of the salt pans and adjacent to Makgadikgadi National Park. The Makgadikgadi salt pans were once an ancient great lake, now a dried up lunar landscape of great wide open uninhabited spaces and endless horizons. This ancient lake reveals sites of archaeological artifacts, stone age tools and ancient animal bones among the swirling dust devils of the dry season. However when the rain arrive, the landscape transforms into a gigantic lake, attracting a plethora of birds and the annual migration of zebra and wildebeest.
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Traditional Safari tents with en-suite facilities |
Traditionally built using local craftsmen and their knowledge, Makgadikgadi camp is an unique and relaxing environment, combining Western comforts with the flair and colour of Africa.
Twin or double bedded meru tents, with ensuite alfresco bathrooms, with flush toilet and shower provide a home from home.
A thatched library, lounge and dining area, allow one to relax and savour the serenity and peace of this enchanted area.
Should one feel dusty or hot, go and relax around or in the small dip pool, where refuge from the heat of the day can be sought.
At night talk about the days event under the star filled skies whilst sitting around the flickering fire.
Although not trying to be a 5 star hotel in the bush
- Makgadikgadi Camp is fit for Princes - literally!!
- it is a favourite destination for young Royals.
We offer a 20% discount off Makgadikgadi Camp
rates
For further information, a quotation or to
check availability for your dates please email us
Kubu Island
Resting in the southern tip of Sua Pan, this small rocky
outcrop was once an island in the great Lake Makgadikgadi.
Stunted baobab trees and the ruins of unexplained stone
walls lend a mystical aspect: Kubu Island has a magic
that touches every visitor.
Central Kalahari Game Reserve
The largest game reserve in the world, the Central Kalahari
encompasses some of the hottest and most inhospitable
areas in Botswana. In this seemingly limitless expanse
of scrub desert and pans, you will encounter animals
and plants that are specially adapted to survive in such
harsh conditions.
Nxai Pans and Baines’ Baobabs
Nxai Pan lies to the north of the Makgadikgadi Pans
area, on the migration route of the great herds: a
wide, grass-covered pan dotted with umbrella thorn
trees. With its bountiful wildlife, the area provides
excellent game viewing opportunities.
Just to the east of Kudiakam Pan, and south of Nxai
Pan, is an impressive group of baobab trees, standing
on the pioneers’ route to the swamps of the Okavango
Delta. First painted by Thomas Baines, and inscribed
with his name on 22nd May 1862, the trees are known
as Baines’ Baobabs.
Desert Mobile Safaris
In addition to our regular excursions to explore the
Makgadikgadi Pans, by prior arrangement we can arrange
longer expeditions into the Kalahari Desert.
For the intrepid visitor we offer the prospect of
profound engagement with the uncompromising beauty
of the Kalahari. On this six night camping safari you
will traverse the Makgadikgadi Pans, visit enigmatic
Kubu Island; and enter the largest conservation area
in Africa - the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. Deception
Pan, Xaka, Piper Pans, Molapo, and many nameless places.
The safari transcends any organised cultural experience.
You will gain a direct insight into the subtle ecology
of the apparently pitiless and unchanging desert. Perhaps
you may even come to empathise with the "first
people" who lived in the Kalahari - insignificant
in the infinite thirstland, yet happily and marvellously
alive.
This is the essential Kalahari. And few people are
better qualified to guide your desert odyssey than
your host, Reinhold Sumerauer. He is an Honorary Game
Warden of Botswana's Department of Wildlife and National
Parks, who has spent eight years working with local
people to conserve this captivating land.
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