Jack's Camp

Like a dream from the Arabian Nights the tents of Jack's Camp rise from the desolate floor of the vast Makgadikgadi salt pan. Here in one of the world's harshest environments you will enjoy the luxury of a 1940's safari camp in one of 10 green tents with Persian rugs on the floor and cool cotton sheets on the bed. You will explore the seemingly endless pan on quad bikes during the dry season and walk with local Bushmen and erudite young graduate students as guides. A family of meerkats may keep you company, and you are likely to see the rare and fascinating brown hyena who lives only in the Kalahari. During the wet season, February through April, the Makgadikgadi bursts into bloom, flamingos and other migratory birds fill the air, and the sea of migrating plains animals moves through the area.

San Camp

This camp, named for the San Bushmen, is in the heart of the Kalahari on the edge of the Makgadikgadi salt pan. White tents, white salt, golden grasslands and intensely blue sky are the colors of this experience. San is smaller than Jack's Camp with only 6 tents and also more rustic. Bathrooms are en suite but feature bucket showers and 'bush' toilets. Guest rooms and the simple mess tent looking out over the pan are lighted after dark with paraffin lamps. Game drives, quad biking during the dry season into the vast empty spaces of the pan and walks with San Bushman guides give the visitor some comprehension of this immense, wild place and its unique wildlife.