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Camps—Botswana—San Camp

San Camp Factsheet and Reserve Information

San Camp is located deep in the Kalahari Desert on the edge of the Makgadikgadi Pans, the largest saltpans in the world. A maximum of 12 guests are accommodated in 6 large walk-in green canvas tents on slightly elevated wooden platforms with en suite facilities (bucket showers and flush toilets).

Camp amenities include a mess tent for dining. After the rains (December to April), there can be enormous herds of Wildebeest, Zebra and Springbok (with the accompanying predators) on the open grasslands.

The summer rains also leave a warm shallow layer of water that entices waterfowl and flamingos. Activities are conducted in open 4x4 vehicles, custom designed for this terrain and accompanied by knowledgeable guides. In the winter months only, all-purpose ATV vehicles (four wheeler motorcycles/Quad bikes) are available, allowing guests to travel across the saltpans.

Walks with a Bushman tracker and visits to historical boabab trees used by Livingstone and Selous are alternative options.

 

Gaming View

Dry season: Meerkats, Yellow Mongoose, Ground Squirrel, Brown Hyaena, Aardwolf, African Wildcat, Caracal, Spring Hare, Porcupine, Steenbok, Kudu, Jackal, Honey Badger, Genet, very occasional Lion.
 
Wet seaon game viewing:- Zebra, Wildebeast, very occasional Cheetah and all of the above, however, seen a lot less often due to the high grass.
 
Dry seaon Birding:- Large number of vultures (whitebacked and lappetfaced), Bateleurs, Eagles (Tawny, Martial, Black-breasted Snake), Lanner and Red-footed Falcons, Gaber and Pale Chanting Goshhawks, Francolin (Redbilled and Orange River), Ostrich, Secartarybird, Guineafowl, Black and Red-crested Korhaan, Kori Bustard, Crowned Plover, Doulble-banded Courser, Spotted Dikop, all species of Sandgrouse, Giant Eagle and Pearlspotted Owls, Lilac-breasted and Purple Rollers, large numbers of Hornbill species and a huge number of LBJs, Larks, Cisticolas and Pipits.
 
Wet Season Birding:- All of the above plus a massive number of migrant waders, Sandpipers, Ruffs, Greenshank, Stilts, Pratincoles, Wattled Crane, Storks, Egrets, Flamingos (Lesser and Greater), Spoonbill, Terns, Teals, Ibis, Montagu's and Palid Harriers, Brown Snake, Steppe and Wahlberg's Eagles, Lesser and Rock Kestrel, Red-footed Falcon, Swallows, Swifts and Martins.

Year round: unique desert species - Suricate (Meerkats), Brown Hyaena, Aardvark, Aardwolf, Gemsbuck, Springbuck, etc.

Wet season: Flamingo, Stork, Wattled Crane, Waterfowl, Annual Wildebeest and Zebra migration.

 

Access

By air into Tsigaro airstrip

FLYING TIMES
To/from Maun - 50 min

AIR STRIP DETAILS
San Camp is a 25 min drive from Tsigaro airstrip
Airstrip Co-ordinates: S20.29'50, E025.11'05
Air strip services: Jack's Camp and San Camp

 
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