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Makgadikgadi Pans

Makgadikgadi Pans

Summary

Makgadikgadi Pans are vast salt flats, surreal and expansive. Wet-season migrations bring zebras, wildebeest, and flamingos; dry-season landscapes feel otherworldly. Photographers capture mirrored water, meerkats, and star-filled skies. The pans highlight contrast, life and emptiness, silence and spectacle.

Wildlife & Landscape

Getting There

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Upcoming Makgadikgadi Pans
Signature Journeys

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Journeys

Recommended Makgadikgadi Pans
Lodges

Recommended
Lodges

Jack’s Camp

A legendary 1940s-style safari camp on the edge of the Makgadikgadi salt pans, run by Uncharted Africa for decades.

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San Camp

Jack’s Camp’s sister property, a dreamlike white-tented camp set directly on the edge of the salt pans.

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Recommended Makgadikgadi Pans
Itineraries

Recommended
Itineraries

Botswana Grand Circuit

Botswana’s full range, river, channel, Delta, and pan, in one comprehensive circuit.

Makgadikgadi & Nxai Pan: Botswana’s Zebra Migration

Africa’s second-largest zebra migration, across two adjoining pan systems.

Makgadikgadi Pans Safari

Quad-biking pans, habituated meerkats, and San culture in Botswana’s salt-pan wilderness.

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