​User Reviews – Makgadikgadi Pans NP

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Spain ES
Visited: April 2007 Reviewed: Oct 25, 2011

65+ years of age

Overall rating
4/5

To be seen

Patrick Smith Visited: May 2001 Reviewed: Oct 12, 2011

Overall rating
4/5

The Makgadikgadi pans are an unearthly, perception-bending stretch of cracked gray flatness like the bottom of an evaporated ocean.

It was here where I got my first wildlife sighting. In the late afternoon I noticed two figures in the distant, quivering heat. When I raised my binoculars, I was astonished to discover these weren't a couple of wayward campers, but two gigantic, shoulder-tall maribou storks foraging along a muddy break in the pan. The sight of the huge birds moved me with a peculiar, disarming force: as if to remind me, suddenly and wholly: this is Africa!

Average User Rating

  • 4.5/5
  • Wildlife
  • Scenery
  • Bush Vibe
  • Birding

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