Central Kalahari Game Reserve
the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Botswana, experience a
place of golden plains and exceptional diversity of wildlife.
The Central Kalahari Game Reserve is within the Ghanzi District, and
together with the Khutse Game Reserve they form the largest Game Reserve
Complex in Botswana and the third largest in the world.
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of Central Kalahari park
Introduction
The 52 800 sq.km Game Reserve consists of fossil valleys and short
shrub savannah type vegetation.
Forming part of the Kalahari ecosystem it supports a wide variety of
animals such as wildebeest, hartebeest, eland, springbok, kudu, giraffe,
brown hyena, warthog, cheetah, wild dog, leopard, lion, blue wildebeest,
eland, gemsbok, kudu, red hartebeest and springbok,
Best viewing times are between December and April, when the animals
congregate in the pans and valleys.
General Information
Safety
Sleeping in the open without a tent is dangerous and tents should be
fastened to prevent snakes, and scorpions from gaining entry.
Foodstuffs should not be kept in the tent but in vehicles to avoid the
unwanted attentions of lions and hyenas.
Visitors may walk in pan areas where visibility is good, but walking
in areas of tall grass or thick bush is potentially dangerous and not
encouraged.
It is always wise to stay within easy reach of the vehicle. There are
three entry points to the reserve, the one through Khutse in the south,
then a western entrance through Xade, and also in the north-east through
Matswere.
Campsites
There are nine undeveloped public camping sites within the Central
Kalahari. Matswere is the access point for designated but undeveloped
campsites in the region of Deception Valley, Sunday Pan, Leopard Pan
and Passage Valley.
The campsites at Piper Pan can be accessed from either Matswere or
Xade. While these sites remain undeveloped with no toilets, visitors
are requested to dig their own mini-latrine to ensure they leave no
signs of being there.
Firewood may be collected from wooded areas but not from tree islands.
The ashes from campfires must he buried before vacating a campsite,
combustible rubbish burnt and non-combustible carried back to the pit
at the entrance gate.
Water for purposes other than drinking is available from the Wildlife
Camp at Xade and at the Matswere entrance gate/tourist office.
Getting There
From Gaborone it is a 250 km road journey.
You will need a 4 x 4 and the journey will take over four hours.
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