Makgadikgadi Pans National Park

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36 Makgadikgadi Pans Safaris

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JaimitoFrog –

Visited: October 2011 Reviewed: Dec 11, 2011

35-50 years of age

Worth going, but plan your trip carefully.

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4/5

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The places is beautiful, and the scenery depends so much on the season. We visited the place in late Oct, and our planned camping in the salt pans was canceled last minute due to the rain. From what I heard, the wet season is full of migratory animals. In the dry season, you can ride out in the pans on dirt bikes, which we did for a only a few minutes until the rain hit. So go there during either season, but not during the transition season or else your trip may not turn out as planned. The meerkat colony is a must see!

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getece –

Visited: April 2007 Reviewed: Oct 25, 2011

65+ years of age

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4/5

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To be seen

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Patrick Smith Visited: May 2001 Reviewed: Oct 12, 2011

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4/5

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The Makgadikgadi pans are an unearthly, perception-bending stretch of cracked gray flatness like the bottom of an evaporated ocean.

It was here where I got my first wildlife sighting. In the late afternoon I noticed two figures in the distant, quivering heat. When I raised my binoculars, I was astonished to discover these weren't a couple of wayward campers, but two gigantic, shoulder-tall maribou storks foraging along a muddy break in the pan. The sight of the huge birds moved me with a peculiar, disarming force: as if to remind me, suddenly and wholly: this is Africa!

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