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Makgadikgadi Pans – Desert

Desert · No. 4 in Botswana

Boutique hotels in Makgadikgadi Pans

Vast white salt pans, baobabs, meerkats and 1940s-style tented camps.

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Where to stay in Makgadikgadi Pans

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Jack's Camp

Makgadikgadi Pans

A 1940s-style tented camp on the pan edge, with seven twin tents and three double tents, each with an en-suite bathroom.

The Makgadikgadi Pans are the remains of a huge ancient lake, now a shimmering white salt flat that spreads to the horizon. At the edges, grassland and baobabs support meerkats, brown hyenas and, after the rains, zebra and wildebeest migrations.

Where to stay

Camps here are tented and classic in style, with activities such as quad biking across the pans, walking with Bushmen and sleeping out under the stars.

Good to know

The pans are best visited from May to October, since the rains make some areas impassable. Nights can be cold in winter.

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Questions about Makgadikgadi Pans

How many boutique hotels are there in Makgadikgadi Pans?

We list 2 boutique hotels in Makgadikgadi Pans, including Jack's Camp and Planet Baobab.