Boteti
River Area
The Boteti
River forms the western boundary of the Makgadikgadi
Pans National Park. From July to about November this
reduces to a string of permanent pools that attract
large herds of zebra and wildebeest - sometimes numbering
tens of thousands of animals - together with hartebeest,
giraffe,
and many predators. During this time it's an exciting
area full of animal interaction.
Nxai
Pan
North of
Makgadikgadi, Nxai Pan National Park is a fascinating
park, often under-rated because of the unpredictability
of its game. The pans here - Nxai, Kudiakam and Kgama-Kgama
- are mostly fossil pans covered with grasses, on which
it is easy to spot animals at a distance. During the
dry
season there is a good population of springbok, giraffe
and gemsbok, though this often increases between around
December and April when the rains can turn the park
into a veritable salad bowl for herbivores. You'll also
find hartebeest here, along with lion, cheetah, and
both brown and spotted hyena. Don't leave without seeing
Kudiakam Pan, and the famous Baines' Baobabs.
View
our preferred safari lodges in Makgadikgadi Pans &
Central Kalahari:
DECEPTION
VALLEY
| JACK'S CAMP
| SAN CAMP
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