Nxai Pan National Park

Nxai Pan is an extensive grass plain and the smaller of two pans. To the North-East is the similar but smaller Kgamagama Pan and to the South-East the beautiful Kudiakam Pan, graced by a striking group of baobab trees. These trees, towering majestically above Kubu Island, are known as the 'sleeping sisters', the 'seven sisters' and 'Baines' baobabs', after a painting Baines did of them in May 1862. The trees, with their ghostly arms and fingered branches, have supposedly not changed since then.

Both the Makgadikgadi Pan and the Nxai Pan have been designated national game reserves. Wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, giraffe and eland are all common in the area making for spectacular game viewing.

"I don't know about you but when I think 'camping' I think 'chiropractor' - after years of bad nights and burnt baked beans I've come to expect the worst. Imagine my surprise when we find an extravagantly laid dining table next to a roaring fire, and a smiling welcoming committee in full voice.

"Welcome to the Kalahari!" they sang and no sight was more welcoming than my spacious tent boasting a bed, table, lamp and separate long-drop toilet. The luxury - and attention to detail - didn't stop there: ice cold drinks, hot showers, good coffee and gourmet meals materialised out of thin air all the time we were there. ...." - Dominic Chadbon, 'Luxury Without Lodges - Nxai Pan', June, 2008.

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