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Makgadikgadi Pans National Park

Once upon a time ... there was a great lake. It was called Makgadikgadi Lake and its water retained the mineral salts of the rocks of its bed. Also the water carried by rains and rivers brought a certain amount of rocks' salt. When, about 10,000 years ago, the sudden rising temperature turned those plainsContinue reading "Makgadikgadi Pans National Park"

Nxai Pan National Park

Inside of the Makgadikgadi National Park there are salt pans of rare beauty. Two of them are the largest, and very important ones. But there are many others around which deserve tourist attention. Nxai Pan is one of them. It is so beautiful and special that the government founded a National Park only to protectContinue reading "Nxai Pan National Park"

Nxai Pan National Park

Inside of the Makgadikgadi National Park there are salt pans of rare beauty. Two of them are the largest, and very important ones. But there are many others around which deserve tourist attention. Nxai Pan is one of them. It is so beautiful and special that the government founded a National Park only to protectContinue reading "Nxai Pan National Park"

Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park

It was year 2000 when Botswana and South Africa decided to create the first "transfrontier natural park" in Africa. They unified two national parks already existing, Botswana's Gemsbok and Southafrican Kalahari Gemsbok. Later on, also Namibia was included in the project, so the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park became a tri-state tourist attraction. Stretching over 3,600,000 ha,Continue reading "Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park"

Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park

It was year 2000 when Botswana and South Africa decided to create the first "transfrontier natural park" in Africa. They unified two national parks already existing, Botswana's Gemsbok and Southafrican Kalahari Gemsbok. Later on, also Namibia was included in the project, so the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park became a tri-state tourist attraction. Stretching over 3,600,000 ha,Continue reading "Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park"