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Makgadikgadi Salt Pans — Meerkats & Moonscapes

Surreal lunar landscapes, habituated meerkats, and zebra migration

3 days / 2 nights
From $2,200 per person
2–8 guests
Botswana
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Tour Overview

The Makgadikgadi Salt Pans are one of Africa's most surreal landscapes — vast white expanses stretching to the horizon, creating an otherworldly moonscape that seems to belong on another planet. The highlight is meeting habituated meerkats at Jack's Camp — these charismatic creatures have been studied for decades and will climb onto your lap as they use you as a lookout post. At night, the pans transform into the darkest skies in southern Africa — the Milky Way blazes overhead in breathtaking clarity. During the wet season (Dec–Apr), the pans become Africa's second-largest zebra migration, with 25,000 zebras and wildebeest crossing the grasslands.

Habituated meerkats
Quad biking salt pans
Extraordinary stargazing
Zebra migration (seasonal)

Day-by-Day Itinerary

Arrive and transfer to your accommodation. Welcome briefing and orientation. Settle in and explore your immediate surroundings.

Airport/border transferWelcome briefingSettle in

Meals: Dinner

Interactive Route Map

What's Included

  • 2 nights luxury camp
  • All meals & drinks
  • Meerkat interaction
  • Quad bikes
  • Night sky safari

Not Included

  • Flights to Maun
  • Charter flights to camp
  • Gratuities

How to Get There

Fly to Maun (MUB) for Okavango Delta or Kasane (BBK) for Chobe. Charter flights between camps. Overland from Johannesburg to Gaborone (5 hrs).

Best Time to Visit

May–October (dry season, peak wildlife). Okavango flood Jun–Aug. Green season Nov–Mar for birding and baby animals.

Frequently Asked Questions

Starting from

$2,200

per person sharing

Duration3 days / 2 nights
Travel StyleMid-Range
Group Size2–8 guests
DestinationBotswana

No booking fees · Free cancellation up to 30 days

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