CENTRAL
KALAHARI PARKS
Central Kalahari Safari Camps
The diverse and productive Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) offers some of the best summer wildlife viewing opportunities in Africa. Located in the Kalahari Desert biome in the central part of Botswana, this reserve is the largest conservation area in the country at 52,800 square kilometres (5 million hectares), making it one of the largest in the world.
Thanks to the diversity of habitats, healthy game populations move through the area and are present to a greater or lesser degree all year round, but with the advent of the summer rains (end of November to April) the desert truly comes to life. Short grasses sprout in the pan systems and fossil riverbeds. Plains game such as springbok, gemsbok and wildebeest converge in their hundreds and thousands to feed. This attracts predators such as the renowned Kalahari black-maned lion and cheetah - which provide some of the most thrilling hunts to be seen. The rainstorms during the summer months are frequent, but short-lived and their cloud formations are spectacular.
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Deception Valley
Lodge
 Deception
Valley Lodge is by far the best permanent camp
in Botswana's Central Kalahari region. This
is truly a Bushman experience, giving guests
an up-close and personal interaction with the
San people, some of Botswana's earliest inhabitants.
Accommodation
consists of five chalets covered with thatching,
each with a nice lounge, en-suite bathroom
plus an outdoor shower. The main area
includes a dining room, bar area and a deck
overlooking the nearby water hole.
Afternoon and
night drives give guests an opportunity to
see the rich wildlife of the Central Kalahari. Common
animals include lion, leopard, cheetah, wild
dog, giraffe, kudu and brown hyena. This
is a unique area of Botswana and it was made
famous by Mark and Delia Owens' book "Cry
of the Kalahari", about their time spent
working to protect this fragile and beautiful
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Kalahari Plains
Camp
 Kings
Pool Camp is a recently upgraded, luxury safari
camp overlooking a beautiful lagoon along the
Linyanti River in northern Botswana. Each
spacious, well-appointed gust room has a private
view of the lagoon and its resident hippos, who
bask and frolic in the cool water all through
the day. Each room also has a private back
deck with a plunge pool, outdoor shower and sala
for relaxing during the day.
Kings Pool
offers day and night activities, plus a nice
mix of water and land-based safari viewing
options. There are two hides, one of
them an underground hide overlooking a waterhole
frequented by elephants, wild dogs and other
game throughout the day.
Wildlife at
Kings Pool includes all major predators including
lion, leopard, wild dogs, hyena (plus cheetah
if you drive a ways to the Savuti Channel). Other
commonly seen game includes buffalo, zebra,
giraffe, roan and sable antelopes, waterbuck,
kudu and bushbuck. |
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Kalahari Game Reserve >> Kgalagadi
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