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Safari Home Gateway Africa Safaris specialize in affordable Botswana vacations to unique wildlife adventure destinations in Botswana. Besides the comfort and quality of our small group African safari tours, our landed prices are all inclusive. Botswana Safari Adventure Buffalo Safari 7 days Kalahari Safari 7 days Fish Eagle Safari 11 days Hyena Safari 14 days + 4 days optional extension Lion Safari 15 days Elephant Safari 15 days Leopard Safari 18 days African Tours Safaris & Tours Overview Namibia Safari Packages Botswana Vacations Zambia Holidays Overland Camping Safaris Luxury Camping Tours Luxury Fly-in Safaris Luxury Wilderness Safaris Family Holiday Tours Tailor Made Safaris	Makgadikgadi Salt Pans The Makgadikgadi is a place of wide-open, uninhabited spaces under an endless canopy of blue sky. The remoteness, inaccessibility and danger of the pans all add to their allure. It is a vast expanse filled with subtle hues and surrealistic beauty. Almost the size of Portugal, the pan covers 12 000 square kilometers and is the largest saltpan in the world. The pan is only a portion of what used to be one of the largest inland lakes in Africa. The area is comprised of the Sua and Ntwetwe pans. During the heat of the late winter day the pans become a shimmering mirage of disorienting and ethereal austerity. The large number of small villages and the small stone age tools and other artifacts that can be found scattered around the islands (for example on Kubu Island), all point to the fact that the Makgadikgadi Pans have supported human habitation, and their livestock, for a very long time. At one time the Makgadikgadi Pans was important as a major trade route. In September large herds of antelope, zebra and wildebeest roam the dusty plains awaiting the first rains. On their arrival the waters turn the pans into a perfect mirror of the sky, distorting all sense of place and time. Although these rains are short lived, in December another deluge turns the edges of the vast pans into waving fringes of green grassland where herds of wildlife converge to partake in the bounty. Flocks of birds arrive to build their nests along the shoreline of the Nata River, in Sua Pan, and feed on algae and crustaceans that have been lying dormant in the salt and sand awaiting the drenching rains. Botswana Safari Packages / Botswana Vacations & Tours - Gateway Africa Safaris Copyright 1993 - 2010 This is a work of joint authorship: The various images on our website are courtesy of our safari partners. All images on the individual safari lodges, camps, guesthouses, hotels' pages, are courtesy of the properties themselves. No text or images on this page may be reproduced without written authorization from Gateway Africa Safaris.	Gateway Africa Safaris About Us Map of Botswana Botswana Regional Information Chobe National Park Makgadikgadi Pans Moremi Reserve Okavango Delta Savuti Reserve Safaris by Country Namibia Safari Packages Botswana Vacations Botswana Vacations and adventure safaris: Affordable African wildlife safari packages.

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Makgadikgadi Salt Pans

The Makgadikgadi is a place of wide-open, uninhabited spaces under an endless canopy of blue sky. The remoteness, inaccessibility and danger of the pans all add to their allure.
It is a vast expanse filled with subtle hues and surrealistic beauty. Almost the size of Portugal, the pan covers 12 000 square kilometers and is the largest saltpan in the world. The pan is only a portion of what used to be one of the largest inland lakes in Africa.

The area is comprised of the Sua and Ntwetwe pans. During the heat of the late winter day the pans become a shimmering mirage of disorienting and ethereal austerity. The large number of small villages and the small stone age tools and other artifacts that can be found scattered around the islands (for example on Kubu Island), all point to the fact that the Makgadikgadi Pans have supported human habitation, and their livestock, for a very long time. At one time the Makgadikgadi Pans was important as a major trade route.

In September large herds of antelope, zebra and wildebeest roam the dusty plains awaiting the first rains. On their arrival the waters turn the pans into a perfect mirror of the sky, distorting all sense of place and time. Although these rains are short lived, in December another deluge turns the edges of the vast pans into waving fringes of green grassland where herds of wildlife converge to partake in the bounty.

Flocks of birds arrive to build their nests along the shoreline of the Nata River, in Sua Pan, and feed on algae and crustaceans that have been lying dormant in the salt and sand awaiting the drenching rains.

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This is a work of joint authorship: The various images on our website are courtesy of our safari partners. All images on the individual safari lodges, camps, guesthouses, hotels' pages, are courtesy of the properties themselves. No text or images on this page may be reproduced without written authorization from Gateway Africa Safaris.

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