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One of the most magical places on earth
We camped at the campsite at Kubu Island, a rocky outcrop just east of the central grassy peninsula. Although the "island" is rather small, it's full of Baobabs, a rather strange sight if the surrounding area is only salt plains and grassland. Watching the sun set from the top of the island was beautiful, the moment the last part of the sun sinks behind the horizon,
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absolute darkness engulfs the plains. During the five minutes walk back to our tent we lost our way in the darkness, ending up at someone else's camping spot.If you've got the choice, try to make it to Kubu Island on a night, or at least evening, without a moon. The night skies were some of the best of seen in Africa.
Linda Hoernke
US
Visited:
April 2007
Reviewed: Jul 29, 2011
Email Linda Hoernke | 50-65 years of age
A huge salt pan...did not view a lot of wildlife but the scenery went on forever...so beautiful.
Patrick Smith
Visited:
May 2001
Reviewed: Oct 12, 2011
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!
getece
ES
Visited:
April 2007
Reviewed: Oct 25, 2011
65+ years of age
lopaisate
Visited:
July 2010
Reviewed: Oct 25, 2011
It was winter so that may have impacted the "beauty" a little but getting to see the nesting vulture community was awesome. The way out was very bumpy but it's the bush of Africa and I wouldn't expect, nor want, anything else.
JaimitoFrog
US
Visited:
October 2011
Reviewed: Dec 11, 2011
35-50 years of age
Worth going, but plan your trip carefully.
The places is beautiful, and the scenery depends so much on the season. We visited the place in late Oct, and our planned camping in the salt pans was canceled last minute due to the rain. From what I heard, the wet season is full of migratory animals. In the dry season, you can ride out in the pans on dirt bikes, which we did for a only a few minutes until the rain hit. So go there during either season, but not during the transition season or else your trip may not turn out as planned. The meerkat colony is a must see!
Alan J Castle
Visited:
September 2009
Reviewed: Jan 6, 2012
Stay at Planet Baobab, one of the quirkiest hotels anywhere and take an organised trip on quad bikes out onto the pan, where you will camp overnight sleeping under the stars. There is absolutely nothing there, but never has nothing been so magnificent as sunset or sunrise on this massive pan.
~lustedtowander~
US
Visited:
September 2011
Reviewed: Jan 27, 2012
35-50 years of age
In the dry season, the pans are accessible, but wildlife viewing is difficult. In the wet .... be ready to dig in the mud.
QWie
ZA
Visited:
May 2011
Reviewed: Jan 30, 2012
20-35 years of age