On the eastern edge of the Kalahari, a vast prehistoric lake has left behind enormous salt pans, large enough to be visible from space. Seasonally flooded, much of the Makgadigadi pans can only be accessed at select times of the year. Visitors are rewarded with vast horizons dotted with wildlife and mystical rock islands holding ancient baobab trees.

The Kalahari grasslands around Makgadigadi and the adjacent Nxai Pan attract a number of mammal species, including the second largest migration of zebra on earth - a spectacularly noisy experience!

The impressive isolation of the salt pans is best experienced by staying in one of our remote private tented camps, perhaps combined with one night completely under the stars for the most intrepid. We do also partner with the most notable of the handful of lodges, in this area, each of them set spectacularly within this dramatic landscape.

This is also an area that permits time spent with the San, the eldest inhabitants of this landscape and thought to be the longest continually existing tribe on the planet. A privileged insight into their practices and relationship with these harsh surroundings is a humbling, fascinating cultural learning experience.