Desert-adapted wildlife roam the chalk-white landscape of the world's largest salt pan
In Botswana’s northeast, Makgadikgadi National Park covers part of an ancient dried lake that is now the Makgadikgadi Pan, the world’s largest salt pan covering an area of over 30.000 km2. A place of surprising biodiversity, this park is home to one of Africa’s largest herds of migrating zebras, and the predators that hunt them. It is also a haven for rare species like the brown hyena and the desert-adapted oryx. Stark and beautiful, the area is dotted with grassland and acacia trees, with the occasional sturdy Baobab growing on the pan’s edges. A visit here is not complete without experiencing fascinating sites like the mysterious Kubu Island or the community-managed Nata Bird Sanctuary.