MAKGADIKGADI
SAFARI LODGES & CAMPS -
INFORMATION & IMAGES
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LODGE ATTRACTIONS
San
Camp is a complete desert experience focusing on
species unique to the area such as gemsbok, brown
hyena and springbok, as well as the geology, archaeology
and anthropology of the Kalahari and Makgadikgadi.
Many of our guides are fully qualified Zoologists/Geologists,
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often
working on PhD research. As such, they are most able to convey
all the nuances of the desert and the adaptations of its inhabitants
which we consider to be one of the most interesting features of
the environment. The Makgadikgadi is also one of the most important
wetland sites remaining in Africa. In the wet season, the Makgadikgadi’s
Pans fill with water attracting flocks of flamingo and other migratory
birds. The area is also the only place in Southern Africa where
one is often able to see a migration of tens of thousands of wildebeest
and zebra followed by predators. Although migrations do occur
elsewhere in Botswana, the tree cover prohibits a view of the
magnitude that we are able to see due to the exposed nature of
the surrounding grasslands. The Makgadikgadi, a relic of one of
the world’s largest superlakes, dried up thousands of years ago
as a result of the continued shifting of the earth’s crust. When
the Pans are dry, to travel where conventional vehicles cannot,
and to guard against scarring the Pan’s crust, we utilise four
wheel drive quad bikes. Venturing far into the middle of the Pans,
we are able to explore remote archaeological sites, periodically
discovering sites never before documented such as fossil beds
of extinct giant zebra and hippo. |
