Nxai Pan National Park

Nxai Pan National Park is set on the northern fringe of the Makgadikgadi basin and includes pan, an ancient lake bed that was once part of the vast Lake Makgadikgadi. At roughly 2,580 km² (996 m²), this incredible destination offers stark contrasts between its dry and wet seasons. The immensity of the sky and horizon of the Nxai landscape always strikes travellers.

After good rains in the area, Nxai Pan is covered in lush green grass. This attracts enormous concentrations of Burchell’s zebra, blue wildebeest and springbok, while healthy numbers of other grazers include gemsbok, eland and red hartebeest. During the dry season, visitors to the Nxai Pan National Park will be treated to sightings of giraffes, lions, cheetahs, wild dogs, brown hyenas, bat-eared foxes, and occasionally elephants and buffalo.

In the Nxai Pan National Park, there are two small public camping grounds with ablution facilities; one in the south on the edge of the plain, less than 2 kilometres from the entrance gate, and the other in the north, 8 kilometres from the gate, within mopane woodland. In addition to this, informal camping is permitted at Baines Baobabs. However, no facilities are available and the nearest water supply is at the Game Scout Camp situated near the entrance gate.

Location: Gaborone, Botswana

Website: https://www.botswana.co.za/africa_nxai.html

Hour: Open all hours

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