Makgadikgadi & Nxai Pan
Ntwetwe Pan To Baines’ Baobabs MAKGADIKGADI PANS With only one main track and a few small loops to explore, a visit to this national park doesn’t present a lot of choices. Camping options are also limited: a large, well-maintained campsite at Khumaga and two small, basic camping areas in the center, Njuca Hills and Tree […]
Sua & Ntwetwe Pans
Kukonje And Kubu Islands To Gweta There are small pan systems scattered throughout Botswana, but when people talk of ‘the pans’ they mean Sua and Ntwetwe – roughly 8 000km2 of mud-crusted immensity, speckled with baobabs and isles of golden grass. Access to the pans is via a handful of dirt tracks that run roughly north-south […]
Central Kalahari Game Reserve
Exploring The North Central Kalahari There are many public-access camping areas in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR). Most of the game congregates around the pan systems to the north, which is also where you’ll find the popular camps and game-viewing tracks. Other than at the gates, there is no water at any of the […]
Khutse Game Reserve
Khutse Gate To The Central Kalahari Open a map of Botswana and the Central Kalahari is unmistakable: a vast, near-featureless expanse at almost dead centre. Tacked to the bottom, and often overlooked, is a roughly triangular protrusion ‒ a relatively small cluster of pans and campsites joined by a loop of Jeep track. This unobtrusive […]
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
Mabuasehube To Kaa The Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park covers 37 256km2 of seasonal pans and Kalahari grassland to the east and west of the Nossob River – the natural border between Botswana and South Africa. Two Rivers (Twee Rivieren) Gate is the most-used entrance at the park’s southernmost p. Here you can choose to stay within park […]