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Patrick Carlisle
US
Visited:
October 2022
Reviewed: Nov 1, 2022
Email Patrick Carlisle | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Janette
AU
Visited:
September 2017
Reviewed: Oct 31, 2017
Email Janette | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
There are two parts to this area - the Pans itself and the National Park. We spent a night sleeping under the stars in the Pans and it was an awesome experience (organised by Meno a Kwena Tented Camp). We also saw meerkats and no-one else. We then did a safari drive in the national park section. It has the second largest migration of zebra (after the Serengeti) which we could believe as we saw hundreds of them as well as lots of wildebeest, elephants swimming and lions very close. And we hardly saw anyone else. It was a very special place.
Jessica
US
Visited:
September 2017
Reviewed: Oct 19, 2017
Email Jessica | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Our guide somehow understood how to navigate this flat, shimmery, beautiful landscape and we saw lots of bird species.
GoingPlaceswithME
CA
Visited:
August 2015
Reviewed: Aug 1, 2016
Email GoingPlaceswithME | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Excellent safari destination with sufficient tourism infrastructure
Horst M. Vogel
LC
Visited:
April 2000
Reviewed: Dec 6, 2015
Email Horst M. Vogel | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Let me state at this point that all the parks and reserves in Botswana are awesome. Yes, they differ in scenery and wildlife composition but their uniqueness is always nature and wildlife pure. If you got a chance to visit several parks, then just do so but choose the time of the year carefully. Because, the Makgadikgadi Pans are very treacherous during the rainy season!
James R Rye
GB
Visited:
April 2015
Reviewed: May 31, 2015
Email James R Rye | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
In Makagadikgadi there were fewer tourists and the roads are quite sandy so a 4x4 is a necessity. The Rhino are very elusive and hardly anyone sees them, there were lots of birds and elephant, the scenery was stunning.
Beverly Houwing
US
Visited:
May 2014
Reviewed: May 11, 2015
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Loved the Meerkat encounters and Bushmen walks. Overall the scenic beauty of the huge pans was great - an otherworldly place.
Terry Carew
Visited:
August 2010
Reviewed: Apr 5, 2015
In the salt pans it is mostly desert and attracts a different type of animal though not in great numbers or variety. More valuable as an eco experience, though the zebra migration is worth seeing. Nice to spend a few nights hare and then move on.
Christiaan van Vollenstee
Visited:
December 2013
Reviewed: May 5, 2014
The beauty lies in nothingness.
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after and there is no other camper close to you to spoil the sounds of nature. The nature reserve is loitered with elephants and what one must do drive all along the river and just relax and look around, you will be bound to see some animal life there. When exiting the reserve one can use the ferry or drive 30km up to exit the top. The fairy costs around R250 per car to cross the river. If you feel adventuristic drive thru the river (before you do this walk thru first and keep to the right). All and all this is an amazing place and one must go and enjoy the full journey that this place has to offer.
Steve Filipiak
US
Visited:
May 2010
Reviewed: Nov 29, 2013
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Camping on the Salt Flats in Makgadikgadi
We stayed at Planet Baobab lodge near Gweta. Funky place, with great people. It's hard to believe that it is owned by the same group that owns Jack's Camp a few miles away. The best thing about camping on the salt pans is the TOTAL isolation. We never saw another person during the 30 hours we spent on the pans. And as the sun set, our shadows just kept getting longer.
