2 OR 3 nights MeerKat Adventure – Makgadikgadi
3 DAYS / 2 NIGHTS MEERKAT ADVENTURE
2 nights Camp Kalahari
Full Board and beverages
Laundry and National Park entry fees
Flights Maun / Camp Kalahari / Maun
Activities: Game drives, introduction sessions with habituated Meerkats, a visit to a remote cattle post to learn about the traditional culture of the Batswana people, visit Chapmans Baobab where the famous explorer ” Dr Livingstone” once camped, a chance to walk with the bushman trackers and Quad bike into the Makgadikgadi pans (Dry season May – Sep) OR a full day game driving in the Makgadikgadi National Park to see the Wilderbeest and Zebra migration (Wet season Jan – April)
01 Jan – 15 April 2017…USD per person sharing
01 Jun – 30 Sep 2017….USD per person sharing
**Price may vary due to circumstances beyond our control and AUD amount will depend on prevailing rate of exchange
Includes…. 2 nights Camp Kalahari fully inclusive of all meals, selected drinks and game activities; Charter flights from Maun to Camp Kalahari and return; all road transfers, daily laundry and National Park Entry fees.
4 DAYS / 3 NIGHTS MEERKAT ADVENTURE
3 nights Camp Kalahari
Full Board and beverages
Laundry and National Park entry fees
Flights Maun / Camp Kalahari / Maun
Activities: Game drives, introduction sessions with habituated Meerkats, a visit to a remote cattle post to learn about the traditional culture of the Batswana people, visit Chapmans Baobab where the famous explorer ” Dr Livingstone” once camped, a chance to walk with the bushman trackers and Quad bike into the Makgadikgadi pans (Dry season May – Sep) OR a full day game driving in the Makgadikgadi National Park to see the Wilderbeest and Zebra migration (Wet season Jan – April)
01 Jan – 15 April 2017…USD per person sharing
01 Jun – 30 Sep 2017….USD per person sharing
**Price may vary due to circumstances beyond our control and AUD amount will depend on prevailing rate of exchange
Includes…. 3 nights Camp Kalahari fully inclusive of all meals, selected drinks and game activities; Charter flights from Maun to Camp Kalahari and return; all road transfers, daily laundry and National Park Entry fees.
Nestled amongst the acacias and Mokolwane palms of Hyaena Island, on the edge of the ancient super lake and adjacent to the Makgadikgadi National Park, is Camp Kalahari……….
Camp Kalahari, a return to the traditional safari style of the old explorers, 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 ten Meru tents: Seven twin tents, two double tents and one family unit comprising two twin tents with an inter-leading bathroom.
All tents have en suite outdoor bathrooms, flush loos and the hottest wettest showers in the Kalahari.
The tent interiors are classic old safari style, replete with comfy beds, crunchy cotton sheets, stripy African blankets and hot water bottles in winter.
Activities: Game drives, introduction sessions with habituated Meerkats, a visit to a remote cattle post to learn about the traditional culture of the Botswana people,
visit Chapmans Baobab where the famous explorer “ Dr Livingstone” once camped, a chance to walk with the bushman trackers and Quad bike into the
Makgadikgadi pans (Dry season May – Sep) OR a full day game driving in the Makgadikgadi National Park to see the Wilderbeest and Zebra migration (Wet season Jan – 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. Then herds of zebra and wildebeest materialise, drawn 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 African ungulates, 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.
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.
Close by is the famous Chapman’s Baobab (Also known as the Seven Sisters) which is acknowledged to be the third largest tree in Africa, and was the campsite of early explorers
like Livingstone and Selous when they pioneered the area.
This gives you an opportunity to gain a fascinating insight into the history of the early explorers.
A safari to Camp Kalahari is also a complete desert experience focusing on species unique to the area such as aardvark, gemsbuck and springbuck.
Guests are also virtually guaranteed of seeing the rare and elusive brown hyaena and are able to walk through the Kalahari with a gang of habituated but wild meerkats!
As the sun rises, these pixie-faced creatures emerge from their burrows and join you, sunning themselves with paws behind their backs, completely indifferent to your presence.
A baby might sit on someone’s toe or a sentinel hop onto your head! As they all scurry off to forage, you follow. The meerkats dig up scorpions and pounce on beetles while your
Guide maintains a running commentary on their social habits and survival strategies.
