Read 4 traveller reviews of Camp Kalahari

Camp Kalahari is run by Uncharted Africa Safaris, and offers travellers a more affordable alternative to its more costly and luxurious, sister-camps: Jack's Camp and San Camp.

Camp Kalahari has a traditional thatched living/dining area with earth floors and six twin-bedded Meru tents, each with an open-air bathroom, hot/cold running water and a flush toilet.

Activities offered from Camp Kalahari include 4WD safaris in the Makgadigadi National Park, and spot-lit night drives.

A real highlight of Camp Kalahari is a visit to their resident family of merekats (sometimes called 'suricats'). Spending a morning with merekats is completely amazing; they're incredibly cute and very inquisitive, and we stood and sat a matter of a few meters from them for several hours. The meerkat family was one of the real wildlife highlights of this trip to Botswana, as we were able to follow them as they forage across the Kalahari for grubs and scorpions. This particular family of meerkats has been habituated to humans; so whilst they are wild animals, they more-or-less ignore visitors. It is the same family of meercats that is sometimes visited by travellers staying at Jack's Camp or San Camp.

Quad-biking excursions onto the Ntwetwe Pan (which is huge – covering about 6,500 km2) are a real feature of your time here, and they're a great way to travel around the fragile salt crust of these ancient salt pans.

You will also often get chance to visit Chapman's Baobab – which is estimated to be about 4,500 to 5,000 years old. A hole in this great tree was used as post box in historic times, when people left mail to be collected by those passing. When here – note how far the roots extend from the tree – it's amazing!

Lodge overview

Lodge type: Safari

No. of bedrooms: 6 Twin Meru en-suite tents

Season: Open Year Round

Ideal length of stay: 3 nights is ideal here; more if you're keen.

Geographics

Location: Kalahari's Salt Pans, Botswana

Directions: Flight transfer in light aircraft from Maun to Jack's Camp Airstrip where you will be met and transferred by game vehicle to the camp.

Accessible by: Fly-and-Transfer

Key personnel

Owner: Ralph Bousfield - Uncharted Africa

Food & drink

Usual board basis: Full Board

Dining style: Group Meals

Dining locations: Indoor and Outdoor Dining

Room service: No

Cost of meal e.g. lunch: Included

Drinks included: Included.

Special interests

Wildlife safaris: Visits to a family of meerkats are an amazing experience here. Meanwhile, during the rainy season (Dec–Apr), zebra can often be seen here in their thousands as they migrate in search of new grass. Throughout the year, lions and brown hyena frequent this area although the general wildlife densities are low due to the lack of water in the environment. - See more of our suggestions of the best places for wildlife safaris in Botswana

Children

Attitude towards children: Camp Kalahari welcomes all ages!

Notes: The salt pans is not an area of prolific game, but lion and other dangerous game (like honey badgers) do sometimes pass through the camp. So children should always be supervised closely.

Central communications

Power supply: None

Health & safety

Malarial area: Yes

Dangerous animals: High Risk

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