Central Kalahari Game Reserve

Is the last domain of the nomadic Bushmen, whom the area was originally set aside for to protect, so that they could preserve their way of life without any knowledge of the encroaching modern world. However, the last of this once nomadic race can now be found in small villages dotted throughout the reserve.

At certain times of the year, usually during the summer rains, the northern part of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve is one of the prime game-viewing areas in Botswana, not to mention the beautiful summer skies. This is because from a rather desolate, but still charming landscape it is transformed to a green paradise teaming with thousands of springboks, gemsbok, and wildebeest. A sight to be compared with the Serengeti plains in Tanzania. Lion, cheetah and jackal are also plentiful.

The vegetation consists mainly of Acacia woodland, Acacia scrub, Terminalia sericea sandveld and sandveld scrub.

The best season is most certainly during the rainy season when everything is green and thousands of springbok and gemsbok are attracted to the north, but a visit at any time of the year is most rewarding in this incredibly beautiful reserve. The rainstorms in summer are frequent but they are not long-lived and the cloud formations are magnificent!