About Kalahari Plains Camp
Kalahari Plains Camp sits on the edge of an enormous pan, south-east of Deception Valley in the Central Kalahari ...
... Game Reserve (also known as the CKGR), which offers some of Botswana's best summer game viewing. It is one of just two camps in a reserve approximately the size of Switzerland, and the views from across the pan are immense. The camp was moved here from its original location in 2009, taking it away from the more accessible public roads in the reserve.
Kalahari Plains Camp is well situated close to the CKGR's most famous area, Deception Valley. We loved the big gauze windows in the tented chalets and the sleep-out decks on the roofs. The guiding was good and we felt that the camp offers a relatively unexplored wilderness with the potential for great game sightings between about December and March. However, we'd be less enthusiastic when the park is drier, and the game less visible, between about June and November. On one visit we had great sightings of 2 individual groups of bat eared fox which can be found regularly int his area. We saw plenty of plains game such as springbok and Oryx with the odd black-backed jackal.
STOP PRESS: Sadly Kalahari Plains Camp is now closed and, as yet, there is no date for its re-opening. Please call us for the latest details and alternative options.
- Accommodation
- 10 chalets; 1 family
- Children
- Best for aged 12+
- Open
- All year
Activities
4WD Safari
Birdwatching
Cultural excursion
Private activities
Sleeping under the stars

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