Botswana — Kalahari & the Salt Pans
Meerkats, desert lions and the vast Makgadikgadi pans.
Beyond the Okavango lies the Kalahari — habituated meerkats, black-maned desert lions, and the surreal white expanse of the Makgadikgadi salt pans. JETBAY pairs it with quad-bikes across the pans and nights under the clearest skies in Africa.
The pans
Quad-bike across the Makgadikgadi's mirror-flat salt to a fly camp, where habituated meerkats use your shoulders as a lookout at dawn.
Desert wildlife
The Central Kalahari shelters black-maned lions, gemsbok and the elusive brown hyena across one of the largest protected wildernesses on earth.
April–October dry season for wildlife; the green season brings the zebra migration.
- Habituated meerkat colonies
- Makgadikgadi salt pans
- Black-maned Kalahari lion
- Quad-biking the pans
- Africa's clearest night skies
Jack's Camp
Iconic 1940s-style tented camp on the Makgadikgadi.
San Camp
White tents on the edge of the salt pans.
Tau Pan Camp
Central Kalahari camp at a year-round waterhole.
Fly into Maun (MUB); a light-aircraft hop reaches the Kalahari camps.
Plan your safari
Tell us the region and your dates — we'll secure the camp, the private guide and the fly-in, with a private-jet arrival to match.