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Things to see in Botswana: Kalahari Desert

This giant arid region is scored with the beds of dried up rivers and vast salt pans. However, this harsh environment also provides the setting for some of Africa's finest game-viewing. Wildlife here includes gemsbok, springbok, blue wildebeest, red hartebeest, eland, ostrich and cheetah and some 200 species of bird. The Kalahari is best known for the San bushmen, hunter-gatherers whose long history is told in the area's ancient rock paintings. Although their way of life is under serious threat, they cling to it precariously in a few places.

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Places to stay in Botswana

Chobe

Chobe Safari Lodge [High]

Kalahari Desert - Chobe - Chobe Safari Lodge [High]

Chobe Safari Lodge offers a choice of air-conditioned rooms as well as special family More

Elephant Valley Lodge [Mid]

Kalahari Desert - Chobe - Elephant Valley Lodge [Mid]

This accommodation provides comfortable, en-suite tents, from which you can listen to the night More

Garden Lodge [Mid]

Kalahari Desert - Chobe - Garden Lodge [Mid]

This lodge, unlike others in its immediate locality accommodates 24 people - others, accommodate More

Muchenje Lodge [Mid]

Kalahari Desert - Chobe - Muchenje Lodge [Mid]

An intimate lodge situated in a quiet area at the western edge of the park. More

Kalahari

Edo's Camp [Mid]

Kalahari Desert - Kalahari - Edo's Camp [Mid]

This small tented camp on a private concession in the western Kalahari is one of the few places More

Jack's Camp

Kalahari Desert - Kalahari - Jack's Camp

Located deep in the Kalahari beside the world's largest saltpan, the Magadikgadi Pans. More

Tau Pan [High]

Kalahari Desert - Kalahari - Tau Pan [High]

Situated on a beautiful sand ridge overlooking Tau Pan, the camp has stunning views of the More

Kwando Concession

Lebala Camp

Kalahari Desert - Kwando Concession - Lebala Camp

This camp stands on a vast plain dotted with palm trees close to the Linyanti Marshes. More

Makgadikgadi

Meno a Kwena Tented Camp [Mid]

Kalahari Desert - Makgadikgadi - Meno a Kwena Tented Camp [Mid]

Meno a Kwena means "tooth of the crocodile" and this traditional safari camp is located on a cliff More

Nxai Pan [High]

Kalahari Desert - Makgadikgadi - Nxai Pan [High]

Nxai Pan National Park adjoins Makgadikgadi Pans National Park on its northern border and is well More

Moremi

Kwando Safaris [High]

Kalahari Desert - Moremi - Kwando Safaris [High]

Kwara and Little Kwara are in a magnificent 1,700 square kilometres wilderness area bordering More

Moremi Crossing [Mid]

Kalahari Desert - Moremi - Moremi Crossing [Mid]

A 16-tented camp located on the edge of palm-fringed Chief's Island, a perfect base for mokoro More

Sango Safari Lodge [Mid]

Kalahari Desert - Moremi - Sango Safari Lodge [Mid]

A small new camp featuring five en-suite tents set on wooden decks and offering fantastic More

Okavango

Duba Plains Camp

Kalahari Desert - Okavango - Duba Plains Camp

One of the delta's most remote properties, this small, intimate camp stands on a wooded island on a More

Kwando Safaris [High]

Kalahari Desert - Okavango - Kwando Safaris [High]

The luxury tented camps of Lebala and Lagoon are operated by Kwando Safaris within the massive More

Mapula Lodge [High]

Kalahari Desert - Okavango - Mapula Lodge [High]

Mapula is an mid-market safari lodge with ten comfortable luxurious chalets on raised More

Oddballs Enclave [Mid]

Kalahari Desert - Okavango - Oddballs Enclave [Mid]

A relaxed camp newly built in More

Pom Pom Camp [High]

Kalahari Desert - Okavango - Pom Pom Camp [High]

This small tented camp built in a traditional style, is located in a private concession in the More

Wilderness Safaris - Okavango Delta [High]

Kalahari Desert - Okavango - Wilderness Safaris - Okavango Delta [High]

Altogether Wilderness Safaris operates 15 truly stunning lodges in the Okavango Delta, offering More

Xugana Island Lodge [High]

Kalahari Desert - Okavango - Xugana Island Lodge [High]

Located on the edge of a large lagoon, this is a fantastic place to explore and More

Savuti-Linyanti

Kwando Safaris [High]

Kalahari Desert - Savuti-Linyanti - Kwando Safaris [High]

Kwara, and the new Little Kwara, are in a magnificent 1,700 square kilometres wilderness area More

Wilderness Safaris - Linyanti - Selinda areas [High]

Kalahari Desert - Savuti-Linyanti - Wilderness Safaris - Linyanti - Selinda areas [High]

There are some excellent lodges in the region all operated by Wilderness Safaris. All offer More

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