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Camp Kalahari

A return to the traditional safari style of the old explorers, and is the best way to experience the Makgadikgadi in a fresh and affordable way.

It is the ideal camp for those who want fun, comfort, style and adventure. Camp Kalahari accepts children of all ages and makes for a fantastic family safari destination.

 

Camp Kalahari has a large and comfortable thatched library, lounge and dining area where guests can relax and enjoy the serenity and peace of this enchanting area.

 

Camp Kalahari has ten Meru tents with en-suite outdoor showers and flush toilets.  The tent interiors are classic old safari style with comfortable beds, crunchy cotton sheets, stripy African blankets and hot water bottles in winter.     

 

There are two distinctly different seasons in the Makgadikgadi: The dry season which runs from the 15th of April to the 31st of October and the wet season running from the 1st of November to the 14th of April.

 

When the rains arrive at the beginning of the wet season, the landscape is transformed.  Water gathers on the saltpan.  Algae bloom, crustaceans breed and clouds of flamingo descend to feed on them.

 

Herds of zebra and wildebeest materialise attracted by the lush grass and for several months the desert is teeming with game and predators.    

Guests visiting Camp Kalahari during the wet season can witness the last surviving migration of zebra and wildebeest in Southern Africa.  Most people associate the migration with East Africa and don’t know about this, the second largest migration of Africa with an estimated 30,000 animals, the majority being zebra, participating each year.

 

When the waters dry up, the birds and animals migrate and the extraordinary ecosystem of the Makgadikgadi becomes the main attraction. 

It is during the dry season that guests can experience the vast Makgadikgadi Salt Pans on quad bikes.  Fat tyres skim over the surfaces where heavier vehicles would sink.  The fact that you can travel across the pans at great speed and still arrive nowhere only underlines the pans immensity.  There is nothing out here.  Absolutely nothing.

 

The Guides at Camp Kalahari team up with a small group of Zu/’hoasi Bushmen to guide our Guests on a morning’s walk, offering a window into the past, The Bushmen teach us how they have survived in this harshest of environments, using their vast and ancient knowledge of plants, animal behaviour and survival skills.

 

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