Makgadikgadi Pans Travel Guide

A visit to the Makgadikgadi Salt Pans in Botswana is a safari holiday fit for the whole family. This travel guide explores the region and exposes its highlights.

Best Time to Visit Makgadikgadi Pans

Nowhere in Africa does the climate have such a profound effect on the movements of wildlife than in the Makgadikgadi, another place in Botswana...more

Botswana Travel Articles - October's Heat in Makgadikgadi

From early morning in October the heat pulls life into clustering groups straining into the diminishing shadows and beyond the shadows the, horizons dance...more

Family Holiday in the Makgadikgadi Pans

A safari holiday to the Makgadikgadi Salt Pans in Botswana is an ideal destination for those wanting to spend quality time with their families...more

Geography of the Salt Pans

One of the greatest experiences on a Kalahari safari in Botswana is discovering the vast alien landscape of the desolate Salt Pans region. The Northern...more

Guide to Makgadikgadi Pans

The Makgadikgadi Pans in central north Botswana, are part of a surreal magical wilderness rarely found today. This place of solitude with an ancient...more

Makgadikgadi Flora and Fauna

A Makgadikgadi Pans safari in Botswana is more about the landscape and the sense of space than about the wildlife as the region does not support many...more

Makgadikgadi Pans Activities

The vast salt pans known as the Makgadikgadi in Botswana may seem desolate and devoid of life, but there is something special about the area, and a...more

Makgadikgadi Pans National Park

Makgadikgadi Pans National Park is only one of the area's attractions, others include Nxai Pan National Park, Baines' Baobabs, Ntwetwe Pan, Sowa Pan and...more

Makgadikgadi Pans Travel Guide

The Makgadikgadi Pans in Botswana are the vast, salty remains of an ancient super-lake. The land has been irresistible to great explorers...more

Makgadikgadi Pans Wildlife and Birds

The Makgadikgadi Pans are the world's largest salt pans and despite the categorization the pans and the surroundings support an array of wildlife...more

Makgadikgadi Salt Pans Travel Guide

A Botswana safari in Makgadikgadi is a magical affair. These salt pans are the largest in the world. At the onset of the rains, massive migrations of...more

Ntwetwe Pan and Sua Pan

The Makgadikgadi Pans in Botswana are made up of two large pans Ntwetwe and Sua Pan, as well as many other smaller ones...more

Quad Biking over the Makgadikgadi Salt Pans

Feel the wind whistling through your hair, which suddenly dies as you come to a halt and you are surrounded by silence and vast amounts of space. Quad...more

The Bushmen of Botswana

Seeing the African wilderness through the eyes of the original inhabitants is a priceless experience. It is one more rewarding than the activities with...more