3-Days Explore Meerkat Mania Salt Pan Sleep out & Quad Bike Safari

Planet Baobab is accessible by road from Maun. After you’ve arrived at Planet Baobab and settled into your cozy and comfortable hut, go for a stroll through the nearby baobab forest with your guide. He will go through the regional ecology, geology, and, of course, the special biology of the baobabs, which are actually the largest succulents in the world rather than trees. Enjoy a refreshing drink over a campfire as your guide describes the interesting geological origins of the Makgadikgadi. This huge saltpan desert, larger than Switzerland, was once the world’s greatest stretch of fresh water! Return to Planet Baobab for a delectable Pan-African meal. Enjoy a refreshing drink over a campfire as your guide describes the interesting geological origins of the Makgadikgadi. This huge saltpan desert, larger than Switzerland, was once the world’s greatest stretch of fresh water.

After a sumptuous breakfast, explore the vibrant city of Gweta (population 2000; unidentified source 1967) to learn about contemporary African village life. Set out to a nearby cattle post where you will be taken into a typical Batswana residence. We can explore the immense emptiness of the Makgadikgadi on quad bikes in an environmentally responsible way, leaving only a tiny track that will be washed away by summer rains. Cross the wide, empty saltpans’ uncharted wilderness, far from where any man has gone before. As you accelerate and close your eyes, keep going since there won’t be anything for you to collide with until you reach the edge of the planet. Snuggle up in your bedroll beneath the magnificent Makgadikgadi skies, your very own starry ceiling, at the conclusion of an action-packed day. Think solitude, consider sleep, and imagine baobabs. There is no tent because this is a sleep out on the Pan.

Wake up to the rising Kalahari sun between your toes. Take a cup of steaming coffee in your hands and enjoy the isolation. Then, with your guide by your side, explore the area in search of specially suited desert species including bat-eared foxes, springbuck, kori bustards, and some of the Kalahari’s most fascinating dweller, the meerkats. Visitors have the opportunity to get up close and personal with these fascinating creatures thanks to an ongoing habituation program. They are not tame; they are merely accustomed to our benign presence. You might find a meerkat cuddling up to you on chilly mornings. Alternately, in the absence of a termite mound or tree, stand guard with your head lookout post.