Makgadigadi to Nxai Pans

We set off after a scrumptious breakfast at Boteti to continue our journey through the Makgadigadi Pans Park to Nxai Pans where we are staying for the next 4 nights.

We decide to follow the Boteti Riverside track for as long as possible and immediately notice the huge number of zebras literally everywhere spread out grazing along the green riverine belt as far as the eye can see and on either side of the track in the bushveld.

It dawns on us that we are witnessing part of the great Zebra migration which occurs each year in a circular route from the rain filled pans of Makgadigadi during summer to the Boteti River on July once the pans dry up and then on to the Chobe Zambezi floodplain extending into Namibia. This 500km route is the longest distance seasonal mammal migration in the world and we are privileged to be amongst these zebra on their amazing journey.

A long and very sandy bumpy track leads us on to South Camp at Nxai Pans Park and we spend time appreciating a golden sunset at the nearby waterhole where the zebra come to quench their thirst after a scorching hot day.Read more