Stay : The great salt lakes

The salt pans in the center of the country were, thousands of years ago, the bed of a gigantic lake. Today, these vast and absolutely empty spaces offer to the visitors striking landscapes. It takes at least 4 days to see the most exceptional sites.

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Detail of the stay : The great salt lakes - 4 days

  • Nxai & Makgadikgadi Pans National Park
  • Nxai & Makgadikgadi Pans National Park
  • Nata
  • Gweta
  • Nxai Pans Et Baines Baobabs
  • Nata
  • Lekhubu Island
  • Nata
  • Serowe

Day 1: At the gates of Makgadikgadi

Steps: Nxai Et Makgadikgadi Pans National Park

Departure from Maun. Overnight in a camp on the banks of the Boteti River, at the gateway to the Makgadikgadi Pans National Park. Discovery of its fauna and flora.

Day 2: Pans National Park and Baines Baobabs

Steps: Nxai Et Makgadikgadi Pans National Park, Nata, Gweta, Nxai Pans Et Baines Baobabs

Baines Baobabs and Nxai Pans National Park. The famous Baines Baobab site is located not far from the Maun-Nata road and the small Nxai Pan reserve can be visited in one day. Overnight camping on site or in Gweta.

Day 3: Exceptional site of Lekhubu

Steps: Nata, Lekhubu Island

Dry season: Excursion to Lekhubu Island. This site is absolutely exceptional. You must enjoy at least one sunset and one sunrise. Rainy season: Nata and its Bird Sanctuary. In the southern summer, the Bird Sanctuary welcomes hundreds of birds including flamingos and white pelicans

Day 4: Discovery of Nata and Serowe

Steps: Nata, Serowe

Pursuit towards Nata or Serowe or return Maun 

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