The landscape
Salt pans, fossil riverbeds, open grasslands, acacia islands and rolling sandveld stretch across a remote interior. Deception Valley and its surrounding pans become especially beautiful after rain.
Plan your safariWhere we go · Botswana
Central Kalahari Game Reserve
Best for solitude · desert wildlife · green-season drama
The area
The Central Kalahari Game Reserve is wilderness on a grand scale. Long horizons, pale fossil valleys and immense skies create a safari defined by space and quiet, while the summer rains transform the grasslands and draw wildlife into the open.
January to April for green landscapes, young animals, birdlife and predator activity around the pans. The dry season brings clear skies, cool nights and a stark, beautifully quiet desert atmosphere.
The wildlife
Kalahari-adapted wildlife includes oryx, springbok, wildebeest, ostrich and black-backed jackal, with cheetah, brown hyena and the reserve’s celebrated black-maned lions moving through the open country.
Why go
What makes
Central Kalahari Game Reserve special.
Highlights
- Deception Valley and fossil riverbeds
- Vast horizons and very few vehicles
- Cheetah and Kalahari predator country
- Exceptional green-season photography
Experiences
- Extended game drives
- Wildlife tracking and photography
- Birdwatching
- Fully serviced mobile camping
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A closer look.
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Plan your time in
Central Kalahari Game Reserve.
Tell our Maun-based team when you would like to travel and who is joining you. We’ll shape the route, camp and wildlife experience around you.
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